Table 2. Design and Implementation Characteristics of RMM community-based methods tested in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mali.

Country	CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY WORKER							CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RMM METHOD BEING TESTED
	Type of worker; primary duties other than RMM	% Female	No. of Workers	Mean monthly worker remun- eration (in 2013 US$)	Mean years of schooling	Resident Population per CBHW	% Resident in Catchment Area	Incentives		Mean frequency of RMM supervision per month
								Financial	Other
Ethiopia	Health Extension Worker (HEW); preventive/ curative health care & promotion	100%	183	~$35	≥10th Grade	2,799	100%	Monthly transportation allowance of ~$12	Backpacks; initial training	Monthly
Malawi (Phases I & II)	Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA); preventive/ curative health care & promotion	~50%	160	~$100	10 years plus 10 weeks HSA training	1,273	<50%	Quarterly airtime for phone calls, periodic data review meeting,data review meeting participation allowance ($11/meeting)	Both Phases: Village Health Register, cellphone, backpack, ≥ 1 data review meeting. Phase II only: text messages, RMM “HSA of the Quarter” incentive, regular data review meetings every 3 months.	Monthly
Mali	Lay volunteer health works (Relais); health promotion	28%	78	Volunteer	26% have any formal education*	412	100%	$10/month incentive plus $2 in airtime/month	Registers, quarterly meetings (provide lunch, pay for transportation)	Monthly