/x would be an expatriate Health Planner whose staff would includefan expatriate statistician/epidemiologist, two clerks, one secretary ard one vital statistics officer. 5. Manpower Training The Division of Manpower Training would be headed by medical educator. facilitator and It is recommended that this division serve liasion officer medical/nursing personnel. personnel their in training. use. They with the various training They would assist in recruitment They would develop educational medifp would be responsible for requirements for the various medical personnel. developing They would have fan expatriate gdrimarily as a schools for dnd support of and promote fhe licensure a budget for activities carried out but it is recommended that the majof 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 gecretaries in ~ addition to the head of the division. C. Medical Practitioners 1. Community Health Workers The lowest level of medical practitioner is that health worker. leaders, a community These persons may be school teachers, clergy, community policemen, traditional healers attendants, etc. who have had limited training. or tradifkional birth They mayjbe thought of as "first aiders" or “health promoters" who will render lfmited medical care and refer to the health center for treatment by the medical assistant. They would provide the simplest of curative medical emphasize promotive and preventive care. They would have sufficient emergency medical skills to stabilize a patient long enough him to the main health clinic on the atoll to the care assistant. are and would They might work out of a small clinic if such to accompany @f the medical is available but such a facility is not a requirement as they may alsofwork out of a room in a school or a cupboard in a home. The Community Health Worker is under the constant upervision 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 @hat there be a