Table 3.

Job description for community health volunteers

Category	Descriptions
1. Home visit	• Pay a home visit (minimum) once per every two months to 35 assigned households • Provide health education to the mothers and family members through constant delivery of key messages mainly regarding the prevention and management of child illnesses, family planning, hygiene and sanitation, antenatal care, postnatal care, and skilled delivery • Provide diagnostic services in malaria to under-5 children and pregnant women using a thermometer and RDTa kit • Provide ORS and zinc tablets for the primary management of diarrhea in under-5 children • Provide Aquatabs to households without an appropriate source of drinking water • Provide family planning counseling to key decision-makers in the family • Support healthy behaviors of the community members (i.e. help setting ITNsb, referring clients to a corresponding health facility)
2. Support for CHOs/CHNs	• Support child welfare clinic (CWCc) of CHOsd/CHNse in outreach and mobilize the community • Support CHOs/CHNs in referral and management of clients
3. Surveillance	• Record logbook • Record Community Register for Vital Health Events • Find and report pregnancies and newborn cases
4. Community mobilization and sensitization	• Participate in the community meetings and committees and raise health issues • Organize health talks at community gatherings
5. Reporting and training	• Attend an initial training session for 5 days • Attend 6-month workshop sessions • Participate in monthly meeting at CHPSf and report on monthly activities (a refresher session is planned as a part of the monthly meeting) • Manage the provided supplies and submit a report regarding their use

^a RDT rapid diagnostic test, ^b ITN insecticide-treated net, ^c CWC child welfare clinic, ^d CHO community health officer, ^e CHN community health nurse, ^f CHPS community-based health planning and services