Country | Intervention | Control |
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Malawi | All surgically active government-owned district hospitals in the Southern Region | All surgically active hospitals in the Central and Northern Region will be considered for inclusion based on the inclusion/exclusion criteria |
Zambia | All surgically active district hospitals in the Southern Province | All surgically active hospitals in Eastern, Western, Lusaka and Central Provinces that have similar scores on the PIPES tool to the scores in the intervention hospitals |
Tanzania | All hospitals located in Arusha and Kilimanjaro region of the Northern Zone within a radius of 200 km from KCMC will be considered for the intervention group (similar distance to DLHs that is the furthest in Malawi and Zambia) | Suitable hospitals will be selected based on PIPES score from facilities located in Manyara, Tanga and Singida regions |