Health care training

Question 1

What is a key health care issue in poorer countries?

Answer 1

lack of medical services in remote rural populations

Question 2

What is a solution to the key health care issue?

Answer 2

Local people can be trained in basic health care and then employed in their local communities to provide basic health care services

Question 3

Name some basic health care services?

Answer 3

First aid
Providing medicines and vaccines
Pregnancy support
Health education

Question 4

Advantages of local health care

Answer 4

It creates jobs for local people

Increases self-reliance of communities

Question 5

Disadvantages of local health care

Answer 5

Basic health care workers can’t replace fully trained medical professionals
Just as short term solution, there has to be access to proper medical facilities

Question 6

Give an example of a country that uses local health care worker?

Answer 6

Ethiopia