Post-Ebola Community Health Worker programme performance in Kenema District, Sierra Leone: A long way to go!
A retrospective cross-sectional study using aggregated CHW programme data (2013-2017) from all Primary Health Units
Abstract
The devastating 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone could erode the gains of the health system including the Community Health Worker (CHW) programme. We conducted a study to ascertain if the positive trend in reporting cases of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea treated by CHWs in the post-Ebola period has been sustained 18 months post-Ebola.
The authors conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study using aggregated CHW programme data (2013-2017) from all Primary Health Units in Kenema district.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Thomas H, Hann K, Vandi M, Sesay JB, Alpha KS, Najjemba R. Post-Ebola Community Health Worker programme performance in Kenema District, Sierra Leone: A long way to go! F1000Research. 2019;8:794.