Table 1.

Contexts and chw programmes in case study countries

	Burkina Faso	Mali	Niger	Kenya	Malawi	Mozambique
Language/Region	Francophone/West Africa	Francophone/West Africa	Francophone/West Africa	Anglophone/East Africa	Anglophone/Southern Africa	Lusophone/Southern Africa
iCCM policy status & coverage	Policy in place. Implementation in pilot phase	Policy in place, being implemented by donors in 5/8 regions	Policy in place. Fully implemented at scale	No iCCM policy or implementation, only pilot projects	Policy in place. Fully implemented at scale	Policy in place. Implementation in scale-up phase.
Nature of CHW cadre	In process of re-engaging volunteer cadre	In process of establishing new CHW cadre	Existing, paid, CHW cadre	Policy on CHWs exists, but not fully implemented.	Existing, paid, CHW cadre	In process of upgrading CHW cadre
CHW Payment	Volunteer, but keeps 25% of some drug revenues	US$67–89 monthly for full time, to be paid by community health associations	US$100 monthly salary for full time paid by government	US$24 monthly (if available) part time. In principle agreement, but unbudgeted	US$100 monthly for full time, paid by government	Government standard of US$43 monthly part time agreed to by implementing NGOs, but not budgeted for by government
CHW training	Unclear	Health aide diploma	6 months	2–6 weeks	3 months basic, more added due to specific programmes	14 weeks
CCM training	1 week	15 days	1 week	1 week	1 week	4 weeks