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Liberia's Community Health Assistant Program: Scale, Quality, and Resilience

Jessica Healey, S. Olasford Wiah, Jannie M. Horace, Dianah B. Majekodunmi and Derry S. Duokie
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2021, 9(Supplement 1):S18-S24; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00509
Jessica Healey
aLiberia Health Office, U.S. Agency for International Development, Monrovia, Liberia.
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S. Olasford Wiah
bCommunity Health Services Division, Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Jannie M. Horace
aLiberia Health Office, U.S. Agency for International Development, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Dianah B. Majekodunmi
cInternational Rescue Committee, Monrovia, Liberia.
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bCommunity Health Services Division, Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia.
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    A community health assistant in Suakoko, Bong County, Liberia, conducts a rapid diagnostic test for malaria on a child. © 2020 Jefyne Togba/International Rescue Committee

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    Achievements of the Community Health Assistants in Liberia, by Indicator, 2019a

    TargetAchievement
    Children under 5 years of age who tested positive for malaria and treated with artemisinin-based combination therapy within 24 hours, %6057.7
    Children under 5 years of age who were diagnosed with pneumonia and treated with antibiotics, %9187.6
    Children under 5 years of age who were treated for diarrhea with oral rehydration solution and zinc, %8783.3
    Cases treated with appropriate medicine and dose (as confirmed by CHSS during supervision visits), %9587.4
    Pregnant women referred for delivery, no.22,79219,907b
    • Abbreviations: CHA, community health assistant; CHSS, community health services supervisor.

    • ↵a Reporting rate for community health assistant was 91%.

    • ↵b 42% of the total expected pregnant women in the community health assistant population area.

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