📅 Training Duration: 22–26 June 2019
📘 CHW Training – Community Health Worker Capacity Building
As part of the SHF-funded project:
👉 “Integrated Emergency Primary Health Care Services to the Affected Population in Baidoa District, Bay Region”
📄 Project Code: SOM-19/3485/SA1/1/HNGO/12425
👥 Total Participants: 35 (including staff)
📌 Training Implemented by: HIDIG
🔹 Funded by: SHF Somalia
🗓️ 5-Day Training Program
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📚 Topics Covered During the Training:
- Roles and responsibilities of Community Health Workers
- Identification and referral of common health problems in the community
- Health promotion and disease prevention at the household level
- Nutrition screening and malnutrition referral systems
- Basic maternal and child health awareness
- Community-based surveillance and reporting
- Hygiene promotion and WASH education
- Communication and counseling techniques with community members
✅ Outcomes and Impact of the Training:
- All 35 participants gained essential knowledge and tools to serve as frontline community health actors.
- Increased awareness of early detection and timely referral of priority health issues.
- Enhanced ability to deliver key health messages and promote behavior change.
- Strengthened linkage between health facilities and communities for improved health access.
- The training contributed to improved primary healthcare coverage and early intervention efforts in Baidoa.