TABLE 1.

Country Self-Grading of Health System Domains as Severe/Very Severe^{^a} Bottlenecks to Strengthen Community Health Systems (N=22 Countries^{^b})

	Legislation, Policies, Governance, Coordination	Health Financing	Essential Medical Technology and Products	Human Resources	Service Delivery and Integration; Quality of Services	Information System/ Monitoring and Evaluation	Community Ownership andPartnership
Benin	*				*		*
Burkina Faso		*	*		*	*	*
Cameroon	*	*	*	*		*	*
Cabo Verde			*
Central African Republic	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Chad			*		*
Congo	*	*	*	*			*
Cote d'Ivoire	*	*	*		*		*
Democratic Republic of the Congo		*	*		*		*
Equatorial Guinea	*	*			*	*
Gambia	*	*	*	*	*
Ghana
Guinea		*	*	*	*	*	*
Guinea-Bissau		*			*
Liberia		*	*		*
Mali		*
Mauritania	*	*	*		*	*	*
Niger	*	*	*			*	*
Nigeria		*	*	*	*	*
Senegal		*	*	*			*
Sierra Leone	*	*	*		*		*
Togo		*	*				*
Total number of countries	10/22	19/22	16/22	7/22	14/22	9/22	14/22

↵a * indicates severe/very severe.
↵b Excluding Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe as described in the method section.