Table 1 Participants interviewed and their categories in the formal and informal health systems in Anambra and Enugu States, Nigeria
Stakeholder category | No. of participants |
|---|---|
1. State Policy and decision makers • State Primary Health Care Development Agency (Executive Secretary) • State Ministry of Health ◦ Permanent secretary ◦ Department of Pharmacy ◦ Department of Medical Services (providers licensing officer/desk) • State Health Insurance Agency (Executive Secretary) | 10 |
2. State programme managers • Malaria or RMNCAH or HIV/TB or NCDs | 2 |
3. Local government health authority (Enugu East, Enugu North, Enugu South, Onitsha North, Onitsha South LGAs): PHC coordinator (HOD of health) | 5 |
4. Regulatory bodies with chapters in Anambra & Enugu States • Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria • Nursing and Midwifery council • Community Health Practitioners’ Council • Traditional Medicine Board | 8 |
5. Informal health service providers • State Chairman NAPPMED • Coordinator of PMVS or director (MD) of most popular PMV in each slum area • State Chairman Traditional Healers/medicine practitioners • Chairperson Traditional Birth Attendants • Chairperson Bone setter’s association | 10 |
6. Formal health service providers (in Abakpa and Okpoko) • OIC of most popular PHC in the slum area • Medical director of most popular Community pharmacy in the slum area • National Medical Association • National Association of Nurses and Midwives | 4 |
7. Professional associations • National Medical Association • National Association of Nurses and Midwives | 4 |
Total | 43 |