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Table 1 Institutions included and excluded in the study

From: Policy perspectives on post pandemic influenza vaccination in Ghana and Malawi

Ghana interviews = 24

Malawi interviews = 22

1. Ghana Health Service (GHS) Surveillance Department

2. GHS, Public Health

3. Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Veterinary Services

4. MOFA, Veterinary Services

5. MOFA, Veterinary Services

6. GHS, National Surveillance Unit

7. Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)

8. GHS, Upper West Health Directorate

9. National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO)

10. GHS, Management Information Systems

11. World Health Organization (WHO), Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)

12. WHO, EPI

13. GHS, Greater Accra Health Directorate

14. GHS, Ashanti Health Directorate

15. Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS)

16. World Bank, Ghana

17. USAID, Ghana

18. UNICEF, Ghana

19. Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines (MLFM)

20. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Ghana

21. Department of Defense (DOD)

22. Quality Health Partners, Ghana

23. GHS, Child Health Team

24. Politician, Ghana

25. Department of Disaster Management Authority (DODMA)

26. Care International, Malawi

27. Ministry of Health (MoH), EPI National Task Force

28. FAO, Malawi

29. Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS)

30. Nations Newspaper

31. College of Medicine, UNIMA

32. MoH, Preventive Health Services

33. MoH, Community Health Science Unit

34. MoH, Pandemic Preparedness Unit

35. Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Avian Influenza

36. Blantyre City Council, Health

37. World Bank, Avian Preparedness

38. MoA, Animal Health

39. Malawi Police Service

40. Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM)

41. Lilongwe City Council, Health

42. USAID, Avian Preparedness

43. MoH, Kamuzu Central Hospital

44. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR), Malawi

45. Lay Person, Rumphi District

46. Malawi Army, Health

Institutions excluded from the study = 15

Declined interview Ghana & Malawi = 5

Institutions not interviewed due to data saturation = 4

47. Ghana Education Service (GES)

48. Ministries of Water Resources Works and Housing MWRWH, Ghana

49. Politician and advocate, Ghana

50. GHS, Public health

51. GHS, Child Health Team

52. GHS, EPI and Logistics

53. Ghana Police Services

54. Department of Wildlife, Ghana

55. Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM)

56. World Vision, Malawi

57. Malawi Council of Churches

58. Ministry of the Interior, Ghana

59. Lay Person, Ghana

60. Lay Person, Malawi

61. National Health Sciences Research Committee (NHSRC), Malawi

62. Politician, Ghana

63. GHS, Communicable Diseases

64. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ghana

65. GHS, Volta Health Directorate

66. MoH, Malawi

67. Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

68. GHS, Epidemiology and AIDS Department

69. GHS, Planning Department

70. Catholic Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)

  1. Numbers in the table represent participants identified through snowballing process