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Table 1 Distribution of MSC Stories by Characteristic (N = 96)

From: Key factors to facilitate locally driven family planning programming: a qualitative analysis of urban stakeholder perspectives in Africa and Asia

Regional Hub (where stories originated)

No. (%)

Nigeria

47 (49)

East Africa

24 (25)

India

21 (22)

Francophone West Africa

4 (4)

Role of interviewee in the health system

 Government official

26 (27)

 Service provider

19 (20)

 Health client

12 (12)

 TCI state or city manager

12 (12)

 Community leader

9 (9)

 Community health workers (CHWs)

7 (7)

 Health educator/social mobilizera

5 (5)

 Implementing partner

3 (3)

 HMIS/M&E officer

3 (3)

 Other facility staff

2 (2)

Sex of interviewee

 Female

51 (53)

 Male

38 (40)

 Multiple storytellers

7 (7)

  1. Abbreviations: HMIS health management information system, M&E monitoring and evaluation
  2. a Note: Health educators are government employees, but they are grouped with non-governmental social mobilizers since both health educators and social mobilizers provide information/counselling to clients, but not services