Table 1 PeriKIP group stakeholders at three health system levels

Stakeholder groups at the commune level: Each commune has one Commune Health Centre providing primary healthcare. In each of the communes in the study area (n=48), one PeriKIP group was established with the following eight participants: three Commune Health Centre staff (head of Community Health Centre, midwife and nurse), one village health worker, one vice chairperson of the Peoples committee, one women union representative from community level, one women union representative from village level and one population officer

District and provincial hospital level: In each of the district hospitals in the study area (n=3) and in the provincial hospital (n=1), one PeriKIP group was established with the following eight participants: one midwife from the antenatal care clinic, one midwife from the labour ward, the head nurse of the paediatric department, the head of the obstetric department (physician), the head of the paediatric department (physician), the head of the general planning department, the leader of the hospital director board and one representative from Reproductive Health Centre at district or provincial level