Table 2:

Study site characteristics.

Country	Bangladesh	India	Ethiopia	Malawi
Geographical location	Six sub-districts in Barisal district under Barisal division: 176 community clinics	Palwal district, Haryana State:92 sub-centers	Four highland districts: 92 health posts attached to 20 health centers	Two districts: 44 health facilities in 248 village clinics
Population	~1.1 million	~1.2 million	~0.5 million	~0.5 million
Estimated number of under five year old children	110,000	120,000	65,000	81,000
Characteristics of clusters
Name	Union	Health sub-centers	Health center	Health center
Median population	25492	10318	25492	20926
Characteristics of the CLHW
Designation	CHCP	ASHA	HEW	HSA
Number of CLHWs	176	876	198	289
Basic education	12th grade	Literate/ 8th grade	10th grades	12th grades
Training	12 weeks training on primary health care	42 weeks training of ASHA training modules	12 months training in hygiene, sanitation, disease prevention and family health	3 months training in health promotion and prevention
Place of work	Community clinic	Households	Health post	Village clinics
Population covered	6000–7000 population	1000 population	1500–2500 population	1600–1800 population

CHCP: Community health care provider, ASHA: Accredited social health activist; HEW: Health extension worker; HSA: Health surveillance assistant.