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ArticlePLoS medicine2026

Eliminating ghost workers and optimizing resources to strengthen Community Health Worker programs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Temesgen Ayehu, Josiah F Joekai, Mulbah K Yorgbor, Edleen T Clark, George P Jacobs, Christine E Brooks-Jarrett, S Olasford Wiah, Sagnon Fatoumata, Moussa Dialo, Loue Dékwinzou Frederic and 12 more

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22 authors.

Temesgen AyehuHealth Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean, Kigali, Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9990-0273
Josiah F JoekaiCivil Service Agency, Monrovia, Liberia.
Mulbah K YorgborCivil Service Agency, Monrovia, Liberia.
Edleen T ClarkCivil Service Agency, Monrovia, Liberia.
George P JacobsMinistry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia.
Christine E Brooks-JarrettMinistry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia.
S Olasford WiahMinistry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia.
Sagnon FatoumataMinistry of Civil Service, Labor and Social Protection, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Moussa DialoMinistry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Loue Dékwinzou FredericMinistry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Brima O KamaraMinistry of Health, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Christine E E WilliamsMinistry of Health, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7858-2854
Mohamed S T KamaraMinistry of Public Administration and Political Affairs, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Matthew BeckhioMinistry of Public Administration and Political Affairs, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Adamou A MarcelinMinistry of Health and Population, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Noella Claire MbrengaMinistry of Health and Population, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Bawene EdouardMinistry of Public Service and Administrative Reform, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Sebakunzi TheirryMinistry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8348-0835
Hezagira EmeryRwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda.
Theophile DushimeHealth Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean, Kigali, Rwanda.
Hudad BarryHealth Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean, Kigali, Rwanda.
Haileyesus GetahunHealth Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean, Kigali, Rwanda.

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Abstract

Although community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in filling health workforce gaps, they remain inadequately compensated due to insufficient domestic financing. In this Policy Forum article, Temesgen Ayehu and colleagues discuss how elimination of ghost workers and healthcare reform in Sub-Saharan Africa can release funds to properly pay and integrate CHWs into civil service programs.

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Community Health ServicesCommunity Health WorkersHealth ResourcesAfrica South of the SaharaHealth Care ReformHumansPublic Health Infrastructure

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PMCPMC12912599

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