Table 3. Average time taken in minutes for each provider per visit by activity and monthly salaries of the providers at five sites in the DRC, Kenya and Nigeria, 2012.
| No. | Activities | % of visits covered: minutes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRC–Equateur province | Kenya–Western Province | Nigeria- Ibadan | Nigeria–Ile- Ife | Nigeria–Zaria | ||
| 1.1 | Surveillance visits for identifying pregnant women | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach |
| CHW (95%): 79 | CHW (95%): 44 | CHEW (100%): 33 | CHEW (100%): 39 | CHEW (100%): 35 | ||
| Nurse (5%): 34 | Nurse (5%): 34 | |||||
| 1.2 | Number of pregnant women with at least one prenatal home visit | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach |
| CHW (100%): 40 | CHW (100%): 26 | CHEW (100%): 26 | CHEW (100%): 19 | CHEW (100%): 17 | ||
| 1.3 | Postnatal home visits (0–10) for newborn care and to identify danger signs | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach |
| CHW (100%): 33 | CHW (100%): 26 | CHEW (100%): 26 | CHEW (100%): 18 | CHEW (100%): 16 | ||
| 2.1 | Referral and/or accompanying young infant to study nurse or hospital | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach |
| CHW (100%): 65 | CHW (100%): 49 | CHEW (100%): 10 | CHEW (100%): 6 | CHEW (100%): 10 | ||
| 2.2 | Re-visit to check the outcome of referral or treatment | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach |
| CHW (100%): 38 | CHW (100%): 37 | CHEW (100%): 24 | CHEW (100%): 19 | CHEW (100%): 22 | ||
| 3.1 | Young infants assessed and identified with signs of PSBI and referred to the hospital | Nurse outreach (10%): 131 | Nurse outreach (5%): 101 | Nurse health center (100%): 42 | Nurse health center (100%): 25 | Nurse health center (100%): 17 |
| Nurse health center (90%): 35 | Nurse health center (95%): 30 | |||||
| 3.2 | Young Infants whose family accepted referrals and were received counseling and pre-referral treatment | Nurse outreach (10%): 111 | Nurse outreach (5%): 47 | Nurse health center (100%): 23 | Nurse health center (100%): 38 | Nurse health center (100%): 26 |
| Nurse health center (90%): 15 | Nurse health center (95%): 16 | |||||
| 4.1 | Daily assessments of those enrolled and treated | Nurse outreach (10%): 116 | Nurse outreach (5%): 64 | Outreach | Outreach | Outreach |
| CHEW (100%): 14 | CHEW (100%): 17 | CHEW (100%): 32 | ||||
| Nurse health center (90%): 20 | Nurse health center (95%): 16 | |||||
| Sub-activities required under activities 4.2–4.6 in Table 2 | ||||||
| 4a | Administration of oral amoxicillin | CHW outreach (87%): 50 | CHW outreach (87%): 31 | CHEW outreach (86%):49 | CHEW outreach (86%):19 | CHEW outreach (86%):43 |
| Nurse outreach (3%): 110 | Nurse outreach (3%): 64 | Nurse health center (14%): 12 | Nurse health center (14%): 11 | Nurse health center (14%): 12 | ||
| Nurse health center (10%): 12 | Nurse health center (10%): 22 | |||||
| 4b | Administration of gentamicin injection | Nurse outreach (5%): 107 | Nurse outreach (3%): 54 | CHEW outreach (86%): 35 | CHEW outreach (86%): 20 | CHEW Outreach (86%): 38 |
| Nurse health center (95%): 8 | Nurse health center (97%): 12 | Nurse health center (14%): 14 | Nurse health center (14%): 11 | Nurse health center (14%):15 | ||
| 4c | Administration of procaine penicillin injection | Nurse outreach (5%): 108 | Nurse outreach (3%): 50 | CHEW outreach (86%): 23 | CHEW outreach (86%): 16 | CHEW outreach (86%): 39 |
| Nurse health center (95%): 10 | Nurse health center (97%): 8 | Nurse health center (14%): 15 | Nurse health center (14%): 4 | Nurse health center (14%): 5 | ||
| Average Monthly salary of CHWs*/CHEWs† (US$) | 21 | 41 | 115 | 128 | 151 | |
| Average Monthly salary of nurses (US$) | 60 | 258 | 256 | 224 | 272 | |
*CHW: Community Health Worker.
†CHEW: Community Health Extension Worker.