Institution | Person(s) to be Interviewed | Number (n) | Reason for Selection |
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Central Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) | Deputy Minister of Policy and Planning | 1 | One of four people at MoPH who initiated the contract-out mechanism and continues to oversee the provision of health services by NSPs |
General Director, Policy and Planning | 1 | Has essential information on contextual, contractual and institutional standards and variations | |
Head of Health Management Information System (HMIS) | 1 | HMIS manages self-reported data from the NSPs on a monthly basis; the department has been involved since the start of the BPHS | |
Head of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) | 1 | The department works with the third-party evaluator to develop and oversee the BSC | |
Head of Grant and Contract Management Unit (GCMU) | 1 | GCMU was created specifically for the purpose of facilitating the contracting process; manages procurement, contract management and compliance evaluation of the NSPs for implementation of BPHS | |
Provincial Liaison Director | 1 | Responsible for coordinating provincial-level activities; can provide detail on provinces | |
Provincial MoPH | Provincial Health Directors | 6 (one per province, six provinces) | Provide key information about the context, type of contract and institutional factors for the respective provinces |
Third Party Evaluator (Johns Hopkins University and Indian Institute for Health Management and Research) | Evaluator | 1 | Assessed the performance of BPHS across the country from 2004 to 2013, applying BSC and conducting household surveys |
Donors (USAID, WB, EU) | Health team leaders | 3 (3 main donors) | Represent the interests and opinions of the three main donors supporting the CO program |
Non-state providers (NSPs) | NSP Managers, Kabul (national and international NGOs) | 6 (one per province, six provinces) | Understand the type of contract in their province; provide key information about contractual arrangements, context and institutional factors |
Provincial NSP managers | 6 (one per province, six provinces) | Province-specific input to contextualize information and get field-level knowledge about each contracted NSP | |
Heads of health facilities | 12 (two per province, six provinces) | Views of frontline health workers on CO and the contractual, institutional and contextual variations |