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A Performance-Based Incentives System for Village Health Workers in Kisoro, Uganda

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Authors: Crystal Y. Zheng , Sam Musominali, Gloria Fung Chaw, Gerald Paccione

Village health worker programs in Uganda have met with limited success in the past partly due to a reliance on volunteerism and a lack of incentivization. Doctors for Global Health developed a performance-based incentive mechanism for village health workers (VHWs) in Uganda. The given paper looks at the feasibility and sustainability of the model.

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Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Performance-based incentives

Resource Type: Journal articles

Year: 2019

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Country: Uganda

Publisher May Restrict Access: No

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