Community Health Service in Ethiopia use of Community Health Agenta and Traditional Birth Attendants in Sidama Awraja (Sidamo)
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1986-09
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Since the launching of the Primary He~lth
Care Program in Ethiopia, 6 717 Community Health
Aqents (CHAs) and 6107 Traditional Birth Attendants
(TBAs) have been selected by their local
communiti es and trained by the Ministry of Health .
Then they were sent back to their respective l ocalities
and expected to perform disease pr evention,
health promotion and rehabilitation services .
In Sidamo F.cministrative Region, 436 CHAs and
632 TEAs have been trained. Out of these , 118 CHAs
and 236 TEAs are found in Sidama Awraja (province ).
Thus to flnd out hOI'} effectively they are being used
20 peasant associations \vhich have both CHAs and TBAs
were studied .
Out of the total number of CHAs and TBAs t hat
were trained in the r e g ion, only 117 (2 6 . 8% ) of the
CHAs and 242 (38 . 3% ) of the TEAs were found working
in the entire region. Similarly 34 (28.8%) of the
CHAs and 117 ( 49 . 6% ) of the TEAs were found working
in Sidama Awra j a .
The CHAs who were working, with the exception of
Wacho, were found t o have a problem with recording
preventive activities performed in their local ities.
Over 90% of the TEAs ~}ere not able to identify
the most common signs of
ous signs of pregnancy.
pregnancy and the dangerIn
add ition , only two of
t he TEAs mentio ned that they \,Jashed their hands
before touching the woman during labor. Only one
TEA mentioned the importance of sunshine . One
stated how she managed a retained placenta and none
of them mentioned anything about child spacing .
It is therefore, suggested that a strong
national policy for training and support for the
use of CHAs and TEAs be formulated.
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Community Health Service in Ethiopia use of Community Health Agenta