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Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role globally; not only in improving the health status of remote communities but also in influencing social deter-minants and policies which affect the overall develop-ment of the community [1,2]. CHWs provide preventive health services, improve access to basic health care ser-vices [3], collect health related data [4], monitor the community’s health [5], and act as an interface between the community and the health system [6]. CHWs are also increasingly treated as a formal part of national health systems and as a recognized delivery platform [7,8]. In recent years their role has expanded to include follow up of people with chronic conditions (HIV and other chronic diseases), administration of treatment as part of integrated community case management (iCCM) of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea and in some coun-tries treatment of neonatal sepsis [7-10]. A study by the World Health Organization (WHO) an