Training health workers for primary care in a developing health service.
To provide primary health care in a thinly populated mountainous country with few doctors presents great difficulties. The Royal Government of Bhutan decided to base their primary medical care service on appropriately trained medical auxilliaries. The training programme is described, and the problems of assessing the field activities discussed.
D001631:Bhutan; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000193:education*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D009313:National Health Programs; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012423:Rural Health