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Table 1 Maximum sample sizes for qualitative study participants

From: ‘The baby will have the right beginning’: a qualitative study on mother and health worker views on point-of-care HIV birth testing across 10 sites in Zimbabwe

Study participants

Sample size

Assumptions and approximate number of participants per site

Study facilities

10 health facilities

10 health facilities with high numbers of HIV exposed infants identified per month were purposively selected to participate in the study

Heath care workers

Up to 30 health workers

Up to 3 health care workers at each facility

Health managers (lab or facility managers)

Up to 10 managers

Up to 10 managers across facilities

Mothers of HIV exposed infants

Up to 40 women

Up to 4 women per facility