Characteristic | Number of stakeholders interviewed (n=25) | Number of interviews conducted (n=15)* |
District level | ||
Healthcare worker (testers/field evaluation coordinator) | 3 | 3 |
Laboratorian | 3 | 1 |
Management/decision-maker | 4 | 3 |
National level | ||
Management/decision-maker | 8 | 3 |
Donor/technical assistance partner | 7 | 5 |
Sex | ||
Male | 14 | 8 |
Female | 11 | 11 |
Trained to use investigational RDT† | ||
Yes | 6 | 4 |
No | 19 | 11 |
*Some interview sessions were conducted jointly with up to four stakeholders during one session.
†Extensive 3-day training on how to use the RDT was conducted at Machinga District Hospital and only nurses and laboratory technicians involved in the field evaluation were eligible to participate. Staff at the Ministry of Health’s National Reference Laboratory also received an introduction to the RDT, but it only included minimal exposure to the new rapid test.
RDT, rapid diagnostic test.