Qualitative raw data and behavioral analysis for understanding VMMC policy decision-making

Faced with declining donor funding for HIV, low- and middle-income countries must identify efficient and cost-effective ways to integrate HIV prevention programs into public health systems for long-term sustainability. In Zambia, donor support to the voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program, which previously funded non-governmental organizations as implementing partners, is increasingly being directed through government structures instead. We developed a framework to understand how the behaviors of individual decision-makers within the government could be barriers to this transition. We interviewed key stakeholders from the national, provincial, and district levels of the Ministry of Health, and from donors and partners funding and implementing Zambia’s VMMC program, exploring the decisions required to attain a sustainable VMMC program and the behavioral dynamics involved at personal and institutional levels. Using pattern identification and theme matching to analyze the conte..., The data was collected using a semi-structured style discussion guide. Participants were interviewed and the data was audio recorded with participants consent. The data was then captured in excel sheets and analyzed using qualitative thematic techniques., , # VMMC Decision Mapping - Phase 1

## Description of the data and file structure

1. Supplementary File S1 contains the raw data from all the stakeholder interviews that were conducted. It contains the questions and the responses that were provided by the participants.
2. Supplementary File S2 is an elaborate analysis document. The document consists of different sheets where analysed content has been put in. The immersion analysis contains analysis of the data collected across three stages - funding strategy, policy development, and implementation. The columns in each of these sheets present the different sub-stages involved in each of these stages. Data from primary data is then analysed and placed as it fits to the different sub-stages. The rows represent the stakeholder dimension where the learning/data originates. Other sheets in this document brings in in-depth understanding of different decisions and functions involved within Ministry of Health, Zambia.

* Sheet - Immers...