Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 4. Programme financing.
Lizah MasisAngela GichagaTseday ZerayacobChunling LuHenry B PerryPublished in: Health research policy and systems (2021)
The financing of national CHW programmes has been a critical element that has not received sufficient emphasis in the academic literature on CHW programmes. Increasing domestic government funding for CHW programmes is a priority. In order to ensure growth in funding for CHW programmes, it will be important to measure CHW programme expenditures and their relationship to expenditures for PHC and for all health-related expenditures.