Table 3 Program actors across the sites
Site | Resource team | User organisation | Core team |
|---|---|---|---|
Kisii | Merlin project coordinator (overall supervision); Programme managers, IEC Officers, Monitoring and evaluation officers, field team | District Public Health Officer (coordination, logistical support, supervision and awareness creation); District Medical Officer (supervision); Divisional Public Health Officers (facilitators and trainer) | Three Merlin officials and three PHOs from the programme site |
Kwale | Government officers from the Division of Malaria Control (DoMc), (strategic policy direction and facilitating funding); Researchers (technical support). | District Public Health Officer; District Medical Officer; Divisional Public Health Officers all with similar roles as described above | District PHO |
Bungoma | USAID officials (designed and funded programme); Centres for Diseases Control (CDC) officials (part of initial team that designed the intervention and conducted operational research); AMREF officials (technical support); IEC specialists (designed and developed IEC materials). | District Public Health Officer; District Medical Officer; Divisional Public Health Officers with similar roles like Kisii | Five members from resource team and five different district health departments (nutrition, medical records, pharmacy, public health, social work) |