Table 2 Interviewees

National level

stakeholder interviews

(N = 29; conducted Oct 2019 to Feb 2020)

Ministry of Health (× 2)

Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority

Nursing Council of Kenya

Kenya Medical Association

Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists & Dentists’ Union (× 2)

National Nurses Association of Kenya

Kenyan National Union of Nurses

University of Nairobi, College of Health Science

Kenya Medical Training College

Kenya Healthcare Federation

Total N = 12

Ugandan Ministry of Health (× 2)

Ugandan Ministry of Education (× 2)

President’s Health Monitoring Unit

Uganda Medical & Dental Practitioners Council

Uganda Medical Association

Uganda Nurses & Midwives Council

Uganda Nurses & Midwives Union (× 3)

National Health Consumers Association

Uganda Healthcare Federation

Uganda Allied Health Professions Council

Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda

Makerere School of Medicine

Public Health Nurses College

Total N = 17

County/ district-level interviews

(N = 47)

12 in County C

7 in County D

10 doctors

8 nurses

1 County representative

Total N = 19 (September 2020)

16 in District A

12 in District B

7 doctors

21 nurses

Total N = 28 (June 2020)

FGDs

(N = 33; Sept 2021)

6 Kenyan nurses (online)

6 Kenyan doctors (online)

Total N = 12

9 Uganda nurses (online & face-to-face)

12 Ugandan doctors (online)

Total N = 21

Total participants

N = 43

N = 66

N = 109