Mr. VINCENT MWELU (Volunteer Community Health Worker): I've been trained in the ...(unintelligible) how to give the medicine to patients, especially in my area, Kasia.

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Mwelu, a retired civil servant, is a volunteer community health worker.

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When this works, it looks like this: Community health worker Anjolly Didi, 32, in rural Bangladesh, talks about how recognising danger signs in children, and ensuring they have access to the right treatment, means lives saved.

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Mothers take part in nutritional workshops for 15 days in the home of a community health worker, during which they learn better feeding and child care practices, using a mix of traditional products and modern knowledge.

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