Health system support and health system strengthening: two key facilitators to the implementation of ambulatory tuberculosis treatment in Uzbekistan

Table 3 Study participants

Type of participant	Affiliation	Level	Tool
Government official or employee	Ministry of Health	Uzbekistan	Individual interview
	Ministry of Health, Treasury or government	Karakalpakstan	Individual interview^a
	Ministry of Health, Treasury or government	Karakalpakstan	2 x Group interview^a (2 participants per group)
TB care provider	TB services (inpatient and outpatient)	Karakalpakstan	2 x Individual interview
TB care provider	TB services (inpatient and outpatient)	Karakalpakstan	4 x Group interview^b (2–3 participants per group)
TB control partner	GFTMA	Uzbekistan	Individual interview
	Project Hope	Uzbekistan	Individual interview
	MSF^c	Karakalpakstan and Uzbekistan	2 x Individual interview^d
		Karakalpakstan and Uzbekistan	Group interview^d (5 participants)

MSF Médecins Sans Frontières, GFATM Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, TB tuberculosis
^a,dOne respondent participated in individual and group interview
^bIncluded one city health department staff
^cIncluded local and international MSF staff

ISSN: 2191-1991