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Liberia Overview | Exemplars in Global Health

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Liberia demonstrates that even extremely low-resourced countries with remote populations can implement CHW programming that can improve health broadly. Liberia took a proactive stance with donors. It did not merely accept donors’ plans but instead responded to funders’ offers with its own research and vision to maximize impact and fill critical gaps. As Liberia tracked and mapped each donor’s priorities, the country pushed less transparent donors to become more forthcoming about their own funding requirements. This approach proved remarkably successful. As of 2019, almost every major health sector development donor is funding some aspect of Liberia’s CHW program. The country’s initial CHW program relied on volunteers in peri-urban areas. Evaluations of that program informed a 2012 CHW pilot program for rural areas with paid CHWs developed by the Ministry of Health and NGO partner Last Mile Health. Findings from the pilot showed significant improvements in access to health care for chil

Liberia - Exemplars In Global Health Overview Community Health Workers in Liberia Crisis propels country to extend reach of health system and increase demand for care Liberia, a country plagued by recent civil war and extreme poverty, started its CHW program in 2016. Since then, the country has expanded its reach and today, about 70 percent of it's one million rural residents now have access to care. Authors Nan Chen, Bernice Dahn, Carla López Castañeda, Kyle Muther, Raj Panjabi, Matt Price, In collaboration with the University of Liberia, School of Public Health CONTENTS Quick Downloads CHW -

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