Table 2. Description of programmes among 27 countries reporting implementation of CCM of pneumonia, by geographic region.
| Characteristic | No. of reportsa |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Asiab | Africac | Total | |
| Lead agency of CCM programmed | |||
| Ministry of Health | 11/12 (92) | 10/15 (67) | 21/27 (78) |
| Research institution | 0/12 (0) | 3/15 (20) | 3/27 (11) |
| NGOs | 3/12 (25) | 4/15 (27) | 7/27 (26) |
| CHW characterizationd | |||
| Community worker | 3/12 (25) | 13/15 (87) | 16/27 (59) |
| Government worker | 8/12 (67) | 4/15 (27) | 12/27 (44) |
| NGO/project worker | 6/12 (50) | 3/15 (20) | 9/27 (33) |
| Financial payment for CHW | 6/12 (50) | 3/15 (21) | 9/27 (33) |
| Client pays for treatment | 4/12 (33) | 8/14 (57) | 12/26 (46) |
| If pays, some exemptions | 3/4 (75) | 3/8 (38) | 6/12 (50) |
| Quality monitoring | 10/11 (91) | 14/14 (100) | 24/25 (92) |
| Scope of programmed | |||
| ORS | 12/12 (100) | 15/15 (100) | 27/27 (100) |
| Zinc for diarrhoea | 3/12 (25) | 7/15 (47) | 10/27 (37) |
| Antimalarials (non-ACT) | 6/12 (50) | 12/15 (80) | 18/27 (67) |
| Antimalarials (ACT) | 4/12 (33) | 9/15 (60) | 13/27 (48) |
| Type of supporting policy | |||
| Official written policy | 2/10 (20) | 2/14 (14) | 4/24 (17) |
| Official recommendation | 7/10 (70) | 6/14 (43) | 13/24 (54) |
| Locally recommended | 0/10 (0) | 3/14 (21) | 3/24 (13) |
| No policy, but allowed in pilot | 1/10 (10) | 3/14 (21) | 4/24 (17) |
ACT, artemisinin combination therapies; CCM, community case management; CHW, community health worker; NGO, nongovernmental organization; ORS, oral rehydration solution. a Values in parentheses are percentages. b Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Yemen. c Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda and Zambia. d Multiple responses possible.