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Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Malawi Mali Niger Zambia Total Government 2 3 1 5 10 13 3 37 Nongovernmental organization 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 10 United Nations agencies 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 Donor 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 Private-sector organization 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Community health worker 0 0 0 8 2 3 0 13 Total 5 4 3 16 15 18 7 68 - TABLE 2.
Overview of Community Health Worker Financial Compensation Schemes in Seven sub-Saharan African Countries
Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Malawi Mali Niger Zambia Agents de Santé Communautaire Qualifié Relais Communautaire Agents de Santé à Base Communautaire Community Health Officer Community Based Volunteer Health Surveillance Assistant Community Health Volunteer Agents de Santé Communautaire Agents de Santé Communautaire Relais Communautaire Community Health Assistant Community Based Volunteer Officially full time or part time Full time Part time Part time Full time Part time Full time Part time Full time Full time Part time Full time Part time Employed or volunteer Employed Volunteer Volunteer Employed Volunteer Employed Volunteer Employed Employed Volunteer Employed Volunteer Length of pre-service training and any degree requirements 9th grade certificate or equivalent and paramedical training ∼10 days, depending on partner priorities and disease burdens 19 days 2 year nursing degree + 2 weeks training ∼5 days 12 weeks Varying lengths depending on partner support 22 days 6 months 2 weeks 1 year Varying lengths depending on partner support Financial compensation Salary,a US$ ∼300/month ∼130-160/month ∼175 – 280/month ∼ 70/month ∼80/month ∼380/month Stipend,a US$ ∼75/month (performance based) ∼30/month ∼30/month <20 hours per week ∼30/month Incentive amounts Standardized Various Standardized Various Standardized Payment mode Bank account transfer Mobile money transfer Mobile money transfer Bank account transfer Cash Bank account transfer Cash Various partner supported modes Various partner supported modes Mobile money transfer Bank account transfer Cash and Mobile credit Government supported X X X X X X X Donor supported X X X X X X X X X X X Minimum wage alignment X X X X X X X Functions and services Community mobilization X X X X X X X X X X X X Health promotion X X X X X X X X X X X X iCCM services X Referral only If >5 km from health facility Facility-based IMNCI Referral only X Referral only X If >5 km from health facility X Other services X One Health Package Ad hoc campaigns X Ad hoc campaigns X Ad hoc campaigns X X X X Ad hoc campaigns Catchment area CHW to population ratio At least 1/arrondissement 1/150–200 households 1/1,000 people 1/5,000 people Undefined 1/1,000 people Undefined 1/100–700 people 1/10,000 people 1/5,000 people 1/health post 1/250–500 households Individual community X X X X Based on population density X X Multiple communities X X X Based on population density X X Health facility relationship Facility based X X X X X Supervised by health facility staff X X X X X X X X X X X X Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; iCCM, integrated community case management; IMNCI, Integrated Management of Newborn and Child Illnesses.
↵a Equivalent amounts calculated as of June 2023.
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