Baseline characteristics of study sites and women enrolled in a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial: PMTCT uptake and retention (pure) Malawi

Table 1 PURE Malawi sites by health zone, implementing partner and study arm

Implementing partner	Central west zone	South east zone	South west zone
Implementing partner	University of North Carolina Project, Lilongwe	Dignitas International, Zomba	Malaria Alert Centre, Blantyre
Arm 1	Daeyang Luke Hospital Public^c	Mulanje District Hospital^a	Mwanza District Hospital^a
	Kasinje Health Centre^d	Mimosa Dispensary^e	Chirimba Health Centre^d
	Dr David Livingstone Memorial Clinic^f
Arm 2	Lobi Rural Hospital^c	Muloza Health Centre^d	Makhetha Health Centre^d
		Mbiza Health Centre^d	Masenjere Health Centre^d
			Mdeka Health Centre^d
			Kadidi Health Center^d
Arm 3	Biriwiri Health Centre^d	Mulanje Mission Hospital^b	Trinity Mission Hospital^b
	Nsipe Health Centre^d	Mulomba Health Centre^d
	Bilira Health Center^d	Mpala Health Centre^d

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