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    "retrievedDate": "23-March-18",
    "additionalInfo": "Indicator name\nNumber of community health workers\n\nName abbreviated\nNumber of community health workers\n\nData Type Representation\nCount\n\nTopic\nHealth systems resources\n\nISO Health Indicators Framework\n\n    \n\nRationale\n\u00a0The WHO Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 sets out the policy agenda to ensure a workforce that is fit for purpose to attain the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One of its objectives is primarily linked to strengthening data on human resources for health\n\nDefinition\nTotal number of community health workers in the country.\n\nAssociated terms\nClassification of health workers : The WHO framework for classifying health workers draws on the latest revisions of international classifications for social and economic statistics, including the International Standard Classification of Occupations (2008 revision), the International Standard Classification of Education (1997 revision) and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (fourth revision).\n\nPreferred data sources\nAdministrative reporting system\n\nPreferred data sources\nHousehold surveys\n\nPreferred data sources\nPopulation census\n\nOther possible data sources\nHealth facility assessments\n\nMethod of measurement\nThe method of estimation for number of community health workers (including community health officers, community health-education workers, community health aides, family health workers and associated occupations) depends on the nature of the original data source. Enumeration based on population census data is a count of the number of people reporting 'community health worker' as their current occupation (as classified according to the tasks and duties of their job). A similar method is used for estimates based on labour force survey data, with the additional application of a sampling weight to calibrate for national representation. Data from health facility assessments and administrative reporting systems may be based on head counts of employees, staffing records, payroll records, training records, or tallies from other types of routine administrative records on human resources. Ideally, information on the stock of health workers should be assessed through administrative records compiled, updated and reported at least annually, and periodically validated and adjusted against data from a population census or other nationally representative source.\n\nMethod of estimation\n\u00a0WHO compiles data on health workforce from routine administrative information systems (including reports on public expenditure, staffing and payroll as well as professional training, registration and licensure), population censuses, labour force and employment surveys and health facility assessments. Most of the data from administrative sources are derived from published national health sector reviews and/or official country reports to WHO offices In general, the denominator data for workforce density (i.e. national population estimates) are obtained from the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects database.\n\u00a0\n\nM&E Framework\nOutput\n\nMethod of estimation of global and regional aggregates\n\n    \n\nDisaggregation\nAge\n\nDisaggregation\nSex\n\nDisaggregation\nLocation (urban/rural)\n\nDisaggregation\nOccupational specialization\n\nDisaggregation\nMain work activity\n\nDisaggregation\nProvider type (public/private)\n\nUnit of Measure\nPersons\n\nUnit Multiplier\n\n    \n\nExpected frequency of data dissemination\nAnnual\n\nExpected frequency of data collection\n\n    \n\nLimitations\nThe classification of health workers is based on criteria for vocational education and training, regulation of health occupations, and the activities and tasks involved in carrying out a job, i.e. a framework for categorizing key workforce variables according to shared characteristics. The roles and activities of community health workers are enormously diverse throughout their history, within and across countries and across programmes While much effort has been made to harmonize the data to enhance comparability, the diversity of health worker roles and information sources means that considerable variability remains across countries and over time in the coverage and quality of the original data.  Some figures may be underestimated or overestimated when it is not possible to distinguish whether the data include health workers in the private sector, double counts of health workers holding two or more jobs at different locations, workers who are unpaid or unregulated but performing health care tasks (e.g. volunteer community health workers), or people with training in services provision working outside the health care sector (e.g. at a teaching institution) or who are not currently engaged in the national health labour market (e.g. unemployed, migrated, retired or withdrawn from the labour force for personal reasons).\n\nLinks\nWHO Global  Health Workforce Statistics database\n\nLinks\nThe world health report 2006 \u2013 working together for health (WHO, 2006)\n\nLinks\nGlobal Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030\n\nComments\n\n    \n\nContact Person\n\n    \n\n",
    "dataPublishedBy": "World Health Organization Global Health Observatory (GHO)",
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