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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Measuring the health systems impact of disease control programmes: a critical reflection on the WHO building blocks framework

Programme

Evaluation methods used

Countries

Measles eradication[10, 17]

Semi-structured interviews with key informants (national, regional, district and facility levels)

Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tajikistan, Viet Nam

Reviews of secondary documents

New vaccine introduction

Semi-structured interviews with key informants (national, regional and district levels)

Cameroon Ethiopia Guatemala Kenya Rwanda, Mali

PCV

Questionnaire with health facility staff

Rotavirus

Routine health service use data

HPV

Meningitis A[11]

Polio eradication[12]

Semi-structured interviews with key informants (national, district and community levels)

Nepal, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Angola

Participant observation in polio campaigns, surveillance, and routine health post activities

Reviews of documents

Routine health service use data

DPT3 coverage data from DHS and IHME

 

Attended births and antenatal care coverage data from DHS

 
  1. PCV = pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; rotavirus = rotavirus vaccine; HPV = human papillomavirus vaccine; Meningitis A = Meningitis A vaccine.