TABLE 1.

Summary of Type of Data Used, Sources, and Collection Periods, Interlinked Analysis of Community Health Worker Programs, Mali

Type of Data and Collection Period	Primary Sources	Secondary Sources
CHW situational analysis (September 2016 to February 2017)
Program level (regions and health districts) - Population breakdown, health system levels, numbers and geographic distribution of CHWs, CHW financing sources and amounts spent, ratios of CHWs per population and community or household	- Questionnaires and data collection sheets filled by: National Statistic Office, National Health Directorate, MOHSA Division of Equipment and Finance, CHW program implementing partners, Regional Health Directorates, local authorities - Interviews with ECC managers, head of Health Facilities Regulation Division, Drug and Pharmacy Director, health district managers	- Baseline year reports from CHW implementing partners, local health information system, national health accounts, ECC national reviews, regional ECC managers - Mali Demographic Health Survey (fifth edition) - Health area microplanning monitoring guide (2014)
Costing CHW provided services (February to April 2017)
Country-level (baseline year) - National and sub-national population figures and growth rate, gender/age breakdown, per household - Annual inflation rate, currency exchange rate CHW specific inputs - CHW cadre information & training, supervision & program management - ECC package, number, and types of services delivered - Standard treatment guidelines - Equipment, medicine, and capital costs Capital costs - Description of assets, expected quantities, replacement frequency, and costs Standard treatment guidelines - Description, target population, time per service, and quantities of tests, medicines, and supplies	- Interview with head of statistics office of Mali National Statistic Office - MOHSA human resources directorate records - Consultative meetings with expert panel	- Mali general population census 2009 - National ECC implementation guide (Dec. '15) - MOH district-level records, local Health Information System report for baseline - Mali Demographic Health Survey 2013, 2018 - Government of Mali reference price listing for goods and services for 2015 - CHW standardized treatment chart for childhood sickness (June 2016)
District-level cost efficiencies, geospatial mapping, and analysis (March to June 2019)
Calculated estimates - Normative cost per CHW service - Number of services per person in target population by type of service in baseline year	Authors	N/A
Geospatial data - Geocoded villages; administrative boundaries for health districts, municipalities, and communes; population	N/A	- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Humanitarian Data Exchange Portal - Mali National Health Directorate GIS database
Geospatial mapping outputs - Thiessen polygons for CHW covered villages - Point, choropleth, and Euclidean distance maps	Authors	N/A

Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; ECC, essential community care; MOHSA, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.