TABLE 1—

Community Health Worker Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: 2012

Study District	Regional DTP3 Coverage Before Study	Regional Antenatal Care Coverage Before Study	CHW Program	Gender	CHW Entry Requirements	CHW Training	Polio per Diem	No. Polio per Diem Days in 1 Year	Regular (Nonpolio) Pay Structure	Regular (Nonpolio) Salary
Purba Champaran, Bihar, India	46% (2006 DHS)	34% (2006 DHS)	ASHA	All women	Married, literate	23 d program plus on-the-job training	$1.50	66	Volunteer with pay for specific tasks	Generally $15–$30/mo; payments months to years in arrears
Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, India	61% (2006 DHS)	96% (2006 DHS)	ASHA	All women	Married, literate	23 d program plus on-the-job training	$1.50	6	Volunteer with pay for specific tasks	Generally $15–$30/mo
Rautahat, Nepal	91% (2006 DHS)	76% (2006 DHS)	FCHV	All women	Married with children	18 d program plus refreshers	$2.40	8	Volunteer with pay for specific tasks	Generally $10–$20/mo
SITE [Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate] Town, Karachi, Pakistan	48% (2007 DHS)	71% (2007 DHS)	LHW	All women	Eighth grade education, aged 18 y or older	3 mo program plus on-the-job training	$2.40	55	Salary	About $100/mo; payments months in arrears
South Omo, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia	38% (2011 DHS)	42% (2011 DHS)	HEW	All women	Tenth grade education, speaks local language	1 y program	$1.90	12	Salary	About $100/mo
Rubavu, Rwanda	80% (2008 DHS)	93% (2008 DHS)	CHW	Women and men	Sixth grade education	On-the-job training only	$1.60	3	Performance-based financing	Amount varied; shared with community cooperative

Note. ASHA = accredited social health activist; CHW = community health worker; DHS = demographic and health surveys; FCHV = female community health volunteer; HEW = health extension worker; LHW = lady health worker. Per diems are given in US dollars in the exchange rate at the time of the study. The number of paid per diem days per year are for 2011, the year just before field research.