LHW Punjab and ICT Report - Oxford Policy Management

THE LADY HEALTH WORKER BUSY AT WORK?Figure 4-2 Average Number of Hours Worked Last Week by Lady Health WorkerNumber of hours worked last week30252015105022.513.523Punjab & ICT Sindh NWFP &FATA15Balochistan21AJK & NAsAs might be expected, the largest portion of LHW’s time in Punjab and ICT – andnation-wide, is spent visiting households followed by administrative work (Figure 4-3).Figure 4-3 Allocation of Work Time by Lady Health Workers in Punjab and ICTHealth Committee work3%Adminstration15%Other12%Client at Health House7%Household visits63%HOUSEHOLD VISITS MADE AND CLIENTS SEENHigh Performers throughout the country visit around thirty-five households a week incontrast to Poor Performers who visit only six. At this rate, High Performers wouldpotentially achieve the Programme standard of visiting each of their registered households atleast once a month. In Punjab and ICT, with an average of 169 households registered in eachcommunity served, we would expect the LHW, on average to be making thirty-nine visits perweek. In fact, the average is thirty visits per week (Figure 4-4) with fourteen percent ofLHWs visiting ten households or less. In addition, twenty-six percent of households reportednot having received a visit from their LHW in the past three months.19