Table 2. Aid disbursements to community health worker-targeted projects in 114 low- and middle-income countries by health purpose, 2007–2017 (in 2017 US$).

Health purpose	No. of projects	Aid disbursements, US$ (% of total)
Sexually transmitted disease control including HIV and AIDS	672	2 061 141 216 (38.9)
Malaria control	224	1 047 456 209 (19.8)
Reproductive health care	629	490 852 296 (9.3)
Basic health care	701	411 216 330 (7.8)
Tuberculosis control	150	226 866 180 (4.3)
Health personnel development	397	211 871 292 (4.0)
Health policy and administrative management	414	188 310 443 (3.6)
Basic nutrition	222	166 084 976 (3.1)
Personnel development for population and reproductive health	165	109 434 420 (2.1)
Family planning	133	100 643 630 (1.9)
Infectious disease control	99	93 732 715 (1.8)
Health education	318	61 616 914 (1.2)
Basic health infrastructure	189	51 214 423 (1.0)
Medical education and training	135	39 184 445 (0.7)
Population policy and administrative management	41	20 971 755 (0.4)
Medical services	111	17 427 738 (0.3)
Total	4 600	5 298 024 982 (100.0)

AIDS: acquired immune deficiency virus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; US$: United States dollars.

Note: We extracted data from the aid activity database from the creditor reporting system of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s development assistance committee.²³