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Table 2 CHW activities and time spent in minutes

From: A time-motion study of community health workers delivering community-based primary health care in Neno District, Malawi

Type of visit

(N = 660)

Observed visits

n (%)

Median time for the type of visit (min)

Monthly household visit

628 (95.2)

34

Daily HIV patient visit

7 (1.1)

28

Daily TB patient visita

3 (0.5)

9

PNC visitb

13 (2.0)

43

Referral follow-up visit

8 (1.2)

7

Escorting patient to/from the facility

1 (0.2)

90c

  1. aTB tuberculosis
  2. bPNC postnatal care
  3. cTime for one observation