title: Empowering communities--a strategy used in Malawi.
abstract: In Malawi, community health nurses and environmental health officers are helping communities to solve their own health problems. Below, the lessons learned in one district.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chinombo
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D003256:Community Participation; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008295:Malawi; D017146:Models, Organizational