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Table 3 Tasks mentioned by different stakeholders as informally taken up by CHWs

From: Perceptions of health stakeholders on task shifting and motivation of community health workers in different socio demographic contexts in Kenya (nomadic, peri-urban and rural agrarian)

Stakeholders

Curative Tasks taken up informally by CHWs

Policy Makers

Home based care for the chronically ill

Donors

Dispensing of drugs (ARVs), anti-malarials, dressing of wounds

Managers

None

Nomadic CHWs

Treating diseases, deliveries, injections

Peri-urban CHWs

Circumcision, delivery, injection, immunization, blood tests and treating diseases.

Rural CHWs

None

Nomadic Consumers

Injection, deliveries, drug dispensing, treating diseases

Peri-urban Consumers

Injection, family planning, circumcision, deliveries, drug dispensing, dressing of wounds

Rural Consumers

None