In one site, two eligible sampled facilities refused participation, which, to the extent that the refusing facilities provided a different quality of care from participating facilities, could introduce some bias to our findings.
The solution therefore involved advocacy with local stakeholders, engagement with facility administrators, participation of facility staff in the renovation process (coined as the "72-Hour Clinic Makeover"), and a launch of a "new and improved" family planning facility that built support for the providers in their community.
The government needs to re-examine PE programmes to ensure that schools are treating their female students fairly with respect to participation opportunities, facilities and investment.
The challenge now is not simply to glory in all this elite achievement but to transform it into something that benefits the wider populace, to boost participation and facilities, to water not just the tips of the grass but its roots too.
A number of health workers said they valued the opportunity to discuss issues with the other HFC members and were satisfied with their level of participation in facility activities.
Maintaining relationships proved to be invaluable since participants often influenced other departments within the same facility, encouraged participation by administrators at other facilities, and even provided avenues for increasing project visibility through invited speaking engagements.
"The grassroots of the game must benefit from this bonanza through a boost in participation and improved facilities".
This is, in short, not a new dawn but the good and important work of the FA, which now recognises its duty to increase participation and improve facilities.
A technology for estimating the dynamics of power grid's generating facilities participation in overall primary frequency regulation in contingencies is developed based on frequency and generating capacity time series.
The Football Foundation has found that when it upgrades or builds decent facilities, participation rates have jumped dramatically.
