Health Training For Community Workers In Southern Belize

Twenty community health workers will receive training in various areas following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Punta Gorda Hospital/Health Education and the Community Participation Bureau of HECOPAB and Medic Force.  The goal of the training is to improve health promotion and health education at the community level in the Toledo District.   The MOU was signed yesterday with the understanding that training will be given in women’s health focusing on cervical cancer and the importance of pap smears with a session on taking and recording vital signs.  The second area of training will focus on the basic introduction in health training which will have the participation of newly selected community health workers from five villages while the third area will be a hands-on project with the construction of eleven latrines in a community.  The sessions will be carried out for the period, February 21 through to the 28^th.  The sessions are carried out and certified by the Ministry of Health through the health-promoting arm of the ministry, HECOPAB.