Performance of low‐literate community health workers treating severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan

摘要

Previous studies have described barriers to access of childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment, including long travel distances and high opportunity costs. To increase access in remote communities, the International Rescue Committee developed a simplified SAM treatment protocol and low‐literacy‐adapted tools for community‐based distributors (CBD, the community health worker cadre in South Sudan) to deliver treatment in the community.