The process of engaging in detailed cost analysis related to large-scale health system improvement requires meaningful evaluation of different health-strengthening efforts. Effective costing approaches are critical to inform scale-up plans and to improve care globally. This guide serves as a practical toolkit to facilitate that process.

This comprehensive curriculum for Household Development Agents (specialized polyvalent community health workers (CHWs)), trained under a World Bank funded pilot, consists of 8 training units: Human Rights, Community Mobilization & Communication, Cholera, Family Planning, Diarrheal Disease, Vaccination, Reproductive Health, and Nutrition. These units contain standard and widely accepted information and protocols that have been adapted for the Haitian context. They are written in Haitian Creole.

Republished with permission from the International Journal of Health Services.

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