Table 3 Profiles of publications on CHWs in LMIC, 2005–2014

Type

Empirical

604

89.1

Review

55

8.1

Analysis

19

2.8

Region

Africa

345

50.9

Asia/Pacific

202

29.8

Americas

75

11.1

Middle East

12

1.8

Cross-regional

44

6.5

Countries with 10 or more publications (with name of main CHW cadre)

India (accredited social health activist)

70

10.3

South Africa

71

10.5

Brazil (community health agent)

60

8.8

Ethiopia (health extension worker)

39

Uganda (village health teams)

34

Malawi (health surveillance assistant)

32

Pakistan (lady health worker)

32

Kenya

31

Bangladesh (Shasthya Shebika (BRAC))

28

Zambia (community health assistant)

20

Nepal (female community health volunteer)

19

Ghana

17

Tanzania

16

Nigeria

14

Thailand (community health volunteer)

12

Iran (behvarz)

12

Rwanda (binome)

11

Total

518

76.4

Programmatic orientation of publications

MCH

235

34.7

Comprehensive

116

17.1

HIV/TB

106

15.6

Malaria

69

10.2

Reproductive health

37

5.5

Non-communicable diseases

30

4.4

Mental health

28

4.1

Other

39

5.8

Not specified

18

2.7

Programmatic orientation of reviews (n = 55)

MCH

21

38.2

Comprehensive

11

20.0

HIV/TB

6

10.9

Malaria

4

7.3

Mental health

4

7.3

Reproductive health

1

1.8

Other

3

5.5

Not specified (system-strengthening focus)

5

9.1