Numbers and background characteristics of the participants
| Characteristic | Description | Drug sellers | Care-seekers | Community health workers | Government officials* |
| Data collection method | IDIs | FGDs | FGDs | IDIs | |
| Number of respondents | 47 | 154 | 50 | 29 | |
| Respondents per interview | 1 | 5 to 11 | 4 to 8 | 1 | |
| Sex | Female | 40 (85%) | 139 (90%) | 30 (60%) | 14 (48%) |
| Male | 7 (15%) | 15 (10%) | 20 (40%) | 15 (52%) | |
| Marital status | Married | 22 (46%) | 95 (62%) | 47 (94%) | - |
| Cohabiting | 7 (15%) | 48 (31%) | 0 | - | |
| Single | 18 (39%) | 11 (7%) | 3 (6%) | - | |
| Highest level of education | Degree | - - - | 1 (1%) | 0 | 7 (24%) |
| A-level or certificate | 19 (12%) | 5 (10%) | 22 (76%) | ||
| O-level | 37 (24%) | 27 (54%) | 0 | ||
| Primary | 83 (54%) | 18 (36%) | 0 | ||
| None | 14 (9%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Work experience | 3 or more years | - | - | 48 (96%) | 28 (97%) |
| <3 years | - | - | 2 (4%) | 1 (3%) | |
| Mean age (range) | 32 (24 to 45) | 30 (18 to 59) | 40 (24 to 60) | 39.7 (23 to 59) |
*At midline, only 10 IDIs (out 20) of health workers in health facilities within the catchment area of the study drug shops were included in the study.
FGD, focus group discussions; IDIs, in-depth interviews.