Compensation models for community health workers: Comparison of legal frameworks across five countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the life-saving work they perform, community health workers (CHWs) have long been subject to global debate about their remuneration. There is now, however, an emerging consensus that CHWs should be paid. As the discussion evolves from whether to financially remunerate CHWs to how to do so, there is an urgent need to better understand the types of CHW payment models and their implications.

Methods

This study examines the legal framework on CHW compensation in five countries: Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. In order to map the characteristics of each approach, a review of the regulatory framework governing CHW compensation in each country was undertaken. Law firms in each of the five countries were engaged to support the ident

SUBMITTER: Ballard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7916445 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature