Third International Conference on Children’s Health and the Environment * From Knowledge and Research to Policy and Action

Dr Møgedal agreed that a lot had been done on Community Health/Village Health Workers and how they could effectively provide essential services. She cautioned, however, that the Consultation would not focus on any one category of health workers, such as Community Health Workers or midwives, but on how health workers at the frontline, both in the health units and in the community together could form a team, fit for the purpose of maternal and child survival, stopping new infant HIV transmission and keeping the mothers alive. “The core objective is a conversation about access, quality, demand and use...