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

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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

TABLE.

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

	Target	Achievement
Children under 5 years of age who tested positive for malaria and treated with artemisinin-based combination therapy within 24 hours, %	60	57.7
Children under 5 years of age who were diagnosed with pneumonia and treated with antibiotics, %	91	87.6
Children under 5 years of age who were treated for diarrhea with oral rehydration solution and zinc, %	87	83.3
Cases treated with appropriate medicine and dose (as confirmed by CHSS during supervision visits), %	95	87.4
Pregnant women referred for delivery, no.	22,792	19,907^{^b}

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.