Afghanistan : "I am proud to be a Health Messenger" 。
"If the government wants a healthy society, they should employ at least one health worker in each school." Mr. Latif, a Community Health Supervisor (CHS) in Laghman, already has a lot of experience with AMI and has proven to be one of its most active voluntary workers.
As he inspects one child in his (village) health post, he tells of his great experience in the past for the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, the World Food Program and for AMI. He passed the CHW (community health worker) training and is now on his second mission for AMI. He has even been selected to coordinate the recent polio National Immunization Day (NID) campaign. In the past, Mr. Latif had worked on nutrition in Nuristan, and he fondly remembers the benefits felt by the people, who gained healthier reflexes after following his health education sessions.Very proud, as a human being, to participate in his people’s welfare, he thanks God that he is very healthy himself. "I am proud to be a Health Messenger in my community. I feel great joy in making people around me happier. People can now recognize me. When they see me, they know it’s time for their vaccination!"In his routine visits to families, he detected 12 cases worthy of referral last month, and he remembers also detecting 4 cases of measles in Shamatu, making him one of the most active and efficient CHWs in Laghman.Mr. Latif rightly feels that CHWs are the cornerstone of the Afghan health system. He alone supervises 10 health posts, for the benefit of making a difference in a system that is slowly improving every day, thanks to the actions of people like him.
"If the government wants a healthy society, they should employ at least one health worker in each school." Mr. Latif, a Community Health Supervisor (CHS) in Laghman, already has a lot of experience with AMI and has proven to be one of its most active voluntary workers.
As he inspects one child in his (village) health post, he tells of his great experience in the past for the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, the World Food Program and for AMI. He passed the CHW (community health worker) training and is now on his second mission for AMI. He has even been selected to coordinate the recent polio National Immunization Day (NID) campaign. In the past, Mr. Latif had worked on nutrition in Nuristan, and he fondly remembers the benefits felt by the people, who gained healthier reflexes after following his health education sessions.Very proud, as a human being, to participate in his people’s welfare, he thanks God that he is very healthy himself. "I am proud to be a Health Messenger in my community. I feel great joy in making people around me happier. People can now recognize me. When they see me, they know it’s time for their vaccination!"In his routine visits to families, he detected 12 cases worthy of referral last month, and he remembers also detecting 4 cases of measles in Shamatu, making him one of the most active and efficient CHWs in Laghman.Mr. Latif rightly feels that CHWs are the cornerstone of the Afghan health system. He alone supervises 10 health posts, for the benefit of making a difference in a system that is slowly improving every day, thanks to the actions of people like him.
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