Table 1.

Affordability of CHW programmes for each salary and healthcare budget scenario (shown as the median (IQR) [range] percentage of healthcare budget required to fund an ongoing CHW programme across countries)

	CHW salary
Budget available for healthcare	US$80/month equivalent (37 countries)	Minimum wage (30 countries)	Volunteers (37 countries)
Budget 1: actual budget	27.3 (13.6 to 58.8) [0.6 to 126.2]	27.7 (14.9 to 43.4) [1.1 to 138.8]	19.5 (9.3 to 42.3) [0.4 to 90.9]
Budget 2: target budget: Abuja declaration 15% of central government expenditure	18.4 (7.9 to 38.1) [0.3 to 74.1]	20.1 (9.1 to 30.7) [0.6 to 61.4]	13.1 (5.8 to 58.0) [0.2 to 54.0]
Budget 3: actual budget+external resources for health	14.9 (8.8 to 25.8) [0.6 to 73.3]	14.2 (8.5 to 20.4) [1.1 to 71.5]	10.3 (6.5 to 19.3) [0.4 to 52.1]
Budget 4: target budget+2% GDP	9.4 (3.8 to 18.1) [0.2 to 32.1]	11.5 (4.2 to 17.1) [0.3 to 29.5]	6.7 (2.4 to 12.6) [0.1 to 24.2]

CHW, community health worker; GDP, gross domestic product.