Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

Module 1 The CHPS Concept
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The leadership of the VHC and CHV has to include people who can work with other people
and are respected by the community. They need to be good organisers and able to mobilise
communities for health action. The team members also need to play their part in health
delivery activities. Teams always look up to leaders who perform their duties both in the
community and in the health volunteer system. Find out what their needs are together with
your team and plan health activities to meet those needs.
Unit Summary
The VHCs, CHVs and the CHOs form the local health teams at the community level.
Both the leaders and team members need to know the goals of the team and work towards
achieving them. Disagreement about methods should not distract a team from its goal. We
also learned how to tap the advantages of every team member. Catering for the welfare of
the team members and focusing on the team goals are good qualities that every team and its
leaders should strive for. A team is a team only if it has both leaders and followers.