Scaling severe acute malnutrition treatment with community health workers: a geospatial coverage analysis in rural Mali.

Background: In 2015, the Ministry of Health in Mali included the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) into the package of activities of the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM). This paper aims to analyze the impact of including community health workers (CHWs) as treatment providers outside the Health Facilities (HFs) on the coverage of SAM treatment when scaling up the intervention in the three largest districts of the Kayes Region in Mali.

Methods: A baseline coverage assessment was conducted in August 2017 in the three districts before the CHWs started treating SAM.