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‘would be an expatriate Health Planner whose staff would include an expatriate
statistician/epidemiologist,
two
clerks,
one
secretary
and
one
vital
statistics officer.
5.
Manpower Training
The Division of Manpower Training would be headed by an expatriate
medical educator.
facilitator
and
It is recommended that this division serve primarily as a
liasion
officer
medical/nursing personnel.
personnel
their
in training.
use.
They
with
the
various
training
schools
for
They would assist in recruitment and support of
They would develop educational media and promote
would
be
responsible
for
developing
the
licensure
requirements for the various medical personnel. They would have a budget for
activities carried out but it
is recommended that the major budgets for
training of personnel and the authority for posting and transfer of personnel
remain with the division responsible for the employment of the individual.
The staff of this division would include two officers and two secretaries in
addition to the head of the division.
C.
Medical Practitioners
1.
Community Health Workers
The lowest level of medical practitioner is that of a community
health worker.
leaders,
These persons may be school teachers, clergy, community
policemen,
traditional
healers
or
attendants, etc. who have had limited training.
traditional]
birth
They may be thought of
as "first aiders" or "health promoters" who will render limited medical
care and refer to the health center for
assistant.
treatment
by the medical
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They would provide the simplest of curative medical care and would
emphasize promotive and preventive care.
They would have sufficient
emergency medical skills to stabilize a patient long enough to accompany
him to the main health clinic on the atoll to the care of the medical
assistant.
They might work out of a small clinic if such is available
but such a facility is not a requirement as they may also work out of a
room in a school or a cupboard in a home.
The Community Health Worker is under the constant supervision of
the medical assistant at the health center on the atoll.
He would have
daily radio contact with the medical assistant via intralagoon radio and
means of referral or transportation of patients to the medical assistant
via intralagoon boat transportation.
It is recommended that there be a