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

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2021 Mar 15;9(Suppl 1):S18-S24. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00509. Print 2021 Mar 15.

Abstract

Liberia's community health program went from concept to nationwide scale in 4 years due to the Liberian Government's vision and its partnership with implementing organizations and donors. The next community health policy will tackle the unfinished agenda related to quality, resilience, and sustainability. Liberia's experience offers valuable lessons for innovating, and institutionalizing a compensated, effective cadre of community health assistants.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola*
  • Humans
  • Liberia
  • Public Health*