Fig. 1

Study site and sampling methods. This figure shows study sites and sampling method. Vientiane Capital was purposively selected as the location of policy makers and development partners as well as the central level hospitals. Two of the four provinces (Champasack, Salavan, Sekong and Attapeu) in Southern Laos, were chosen by simple random selection to represent the area. Each province has a provincial hospital; several district hospitals and many health centers. Two villages and two health centers were randomly selected from each selected district