Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

Module Summary
Module Summary
In this module we talked about the formation of volunteers and community health
committees and the criteria for selecting members. The process is by the communities’
nomination and approval of potential members. The training needs of volunteers and
the scope of their work was also spelt out. A major aspect of the VHC is advocacy for
healthy living. Members have to learn to mobilise their communities to participate in
health activities and encourage them to change their behaviours. The VHCs get their work
done through various meetings, mobilising and managing community resources. So the
committees must learn to manage and account for these resources including their time and
money.
The VHCs supervise the CHVs. The new method taught in this module for doing
supervision is the Facilitative Supervision. The health committee members need to know
their roles in undertaking this kind supervision. These were the main messages taught in this
module.
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