Authors: Prajwol Nepal, Ryan Schwarz, David Citrin, Aradhana Thapa, Bibhav Acharya,Yubraj Acharya, Anu Aryal, Aaron Baum, Ved Bhandari, Laxman Bhatt, Dipak Bhattarai, Nandini Choudhury, Binod Dangal, Meghnath Dhimal, Santosh Kumar Dhungana, Bikash Gauchan, Scott Halliday, SP Kalaunee, Lal Bahadur Kunwar, Duncan Maru, Isha Nirola, Rashmi Paudel, Anant Raut,a Hari Jung Rayamazi, Sabitri Sapkota, Dan Schwarz, Poshan Thapa, Pratistha Thapa, Aparna Tiwari, Roshani Tuitui, Eric Walter, Sheela Maru
The Nepal Ministry of Health and Population developed a pilot program conforming to the 2017 World Health Organization CHW guidelines. Prajwol Nepal and colleagues evaluated data from this program collected between July 2017 and July 2018 to estimate the average per capita annual cost of the program. Costs ranged from US$1.94 to US$4.70 with an average of $3.05 per capita. The researchers speculated that this program represents a cost effective means to achieve universal health coverage and other Sustainable Development Goals.
Link: Costing analysis of a pilot Community Health Worker program in rural Nepal
Resource Topic: CHW Funding
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2020
Region: Asia
Country: Nepal
Publisher May Restrict Access: No