05/05/2025
Promoting Regularly VHW Training in Taw Oo District, KDHW
Strengthening Village Health Systems
- Promoting VHW training helps build essential health capacity.
- Trained VHWs are able to deliver basic primary health services directly to the community, consistent, and locally accessible healthcare in remote villages.
Community Engagement and Ownership
- VHW training fosters active participation from community health strengthening
- Empowers local people to take responsibility for their own health and community-led health system.
Bottom-Up Health System Strengthening
- A bottom-up approach to health development to prioritize local health needs
- Encourages locally driven health planning and ensures that services are responsive to real, on-the-ground issues.
Regular Monitoring of Disease and Health Issues
- Trained VHWs regularly monitor and report on common illnesses and outbreaks within their villages.
- Early disease detection, supports a rapid response, and strengthens referral mechanisms to higher levels of care.
Health Awareness, Prevention, and Protection
- VHWs play a key role in educating the community on critical health issues such as hygiene, nutrition, maternal and child care, and disease prevention.
- Promote long-term behavioral change and fosters a culture of health protection.
Engagement between Community and Village Tract Health Centers
- VHWs serve as a vital link between the village and the village tract health centers.
- Efficient referral pathways, proper follow-up, and improved coordination of health resources and services.
Sustainability of Local Health Services
- Training and Empowering local health workers will enhance for the Sustainable and resilient community health.
Looking forward to see "Honoring of Village Health Worker Award 2025" under Taw Oo District, KDHW.
