Table 2.

Overview of community health worker (CHW) programs in the study countries.

	Cambodia	Ethiopia	South Sudan	Uganda
Number of CHWs	800	27,000	8000	30,000
Local name for CHW	Extended village malaria worker (eVMW)	Health extension worker (HEW)	Community drug distributor (CDD)	Village health team member (VHT)
Length of initial training	5 days (2 days’ malaria training and 3 days’ sick child case management training)	1 year	6 days	11 days (5 days’ basic training and 6 days’ sick child management training)
Literacy level	Low	High	Extremely low	Low–medium
Current pneumonia diagnostic tool	ARI timer	Wrist watch/ARI timer	ARI timer with beads	ARI timer
Catchment area	130–150 households	400–500 households	250–300 households	250–500 households
Average case load per month	8	12	9	12