Opening the ‘black box’ of collaborative improvement: a qualitative evaluation of a pilot intervention to improve quality of malaria surveillance data in public health centres in Uganda

Table 1 Basic characteristics of the participating health centres

Name	Number of buildings	Number of rooms	Number of staff members currently stationed at health centre	Number of vacant staff positions	Services offered	Shift system in place?	Village health team members
HC II a	1	4	4	3	Out-patient department, antenatal, family planning, immunization	No	1^‡
HC II b	1	4	4	3	Out-patient department, antenatal, family planning, immunization	No	10
HC III a	2	12^†	18	0	Out-patient department, antenatal, family planning, immunization, laboratory, anti-retroviral treatment, limited in-patient department	Yes	6
HC III b	2	16	16	2	Out-patient department, antenatal, family planning, immunization, laboratory, anti-retroviral treatment, limited in-patient department	Yes	5
HC IV	4	35*	36	13	Out-patient department, antenatal, family planning, immunization, laboratory, HIV testing & counselling, in-patient department	Yes	12

^‡ In HC II a, there were originally 3 active VHTs, however 2 were dismissed, leaving only 1 VHT
^† In HC III a, the following rooms are available: antiretroviral clinic = 2 rooms plus a waiting area, outpatient department = 4, maternity = 5, with one room being used as a staff house
* In HCIV, the following rooms are available: antiretroviral clinic = 9, outpatient department = 6, maternity = 8, in-patient = 7; operating theatre = 5

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