Definition of abbreviations
| Abbreviations | Definition |
| CO | Clinical officer—same as NPC |
| FG | Focus group—an interview group of five to eight participants |
| HC | Health centre—a primary health care facility, lower than a hospital within the hierarchy of the health system. |
| IDI | In depth interview—an individual interview participant |
| IMCI | Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses—a WHO standardised approach for child health whose focus is wholistic, including diagnostic criteria, disease classification and treatment guidelines |
| MO | Medical officer—physician with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
| NPC | Non-physician clinicians—clinical officers who are a homogeneous group of mid-level health care providers trained in a 3-year diploma of clinical medicine and community medicine |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—a market forum of 34 member countries mostly from high-income countries |
| PETS | Public Expenditure Tracking Survey—a health resource accountability tracking survey designed by the World Bank |
| PNFP | PNFP—a third-sector owned health facility |
| UCG | Uganda Clinical Guidelines—standard clinical guidelines classifying disease and specifying treatment for common conditions |
PNFP, private not-for-profit.