{
  "id": 17117663,
  "title": "Shettima pledges legal backing, steady salaries for community health workers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/shettima-pledges-legal-backing-steady-salaries-for-community-health",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T20:38:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/shettima-pledges-legal-backing-steady-salaries-for-community-health-workers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vice President Kashim Shettima has pledged legal backing and steady salaries for community health workers across Nigeria, as part of the Tinubu administration's commitment to securing legal recognition, certification, and reliable salaries for these workers. At the Continental High-Level Forum on a Fit-for-Purpose Health Workforce, Shettima launched the Community Health Programme Continental Acceleration Plan 2026–2030, which aims to deploy two million community health workers across Africa by 2030. The plan focuses on governance, primary care integration, workforce development, digital systems, service delivery, financing, supplies, and accountability as key drivers of a future where community health workers are guaranteed legal recognition, certification, dependable salaries, supervision, and careers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}