Hundreds of Community Health Workers (CHW) selected from 11 Sectors in Gasabo district under the patronage of the Maternal and Child Integrated Program (CHIP) finished two day training on better treatment of patients in their communities.
over 640 health workers were trained on malnutrition, how to sensitize and reduce the number of women who give birth from their homes, family planning issues and about testing and counseling services.
Speaking to igihe.com Gasabo district Deputy Mayor in charge of Social Affairs Louise Uwimana said, “We are expecting a lot from CHWs in dealing with health problems and their roles have even increased on the numbers of health performances in the district.”
According to district health performance of last year dealing with poor feeding, the numbers rose from 69% to 87%. To reach the above rates, the district launched a campaign to sensitize mothers on better feeding of babies.
CHIP representative, Laban Tsuma said that outside Rwanda people are recognizing the good work of CHWs that is happening in Rwanda .
Florence Uwimana a trainee and resident of Murambi, Ruhango, Gisozi Sector and a CHW at Kagugu Health Center noted,“We were trained on how to fight child death rates and how to deal with parents who die while giving birth, and also about malnutrition among others.
“The training has helped me mostly in treating children who are under five years and I got extra experience as compared to what I had before,” she underscored.
She also explained that they have been getting complexity when trying to enter into some houses because they had no identifications but during the closure of the event, they were promised to rectify the problem.
The rest of CHWs from four sectors of the district will also be trained on the same program soon according to the Deputy Mayor in charge of Social Affairs.
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