Rehmat Dai is one 3,400 female health workers, primarily serving as a midwife and leading community healthcare in their respective areas. "Plus, I have completed six healthcare training sessions," she told The Express Tribune, adding that her eldest daughter, Madiha, helped her with understanding the literature given to her as part of the training sessions. Dai joined the Marvi programme in 2015 and today, she feels contented serving others and basks in her popularity. Like her, many others have been trained to provide healthcare assistance in their respective areas under the Marvi programme. Marvi workers are not just a community of health workers, but agents of change to promote positive behavior, he said, adding that the health sector wouldn't witness significant improvement in the absence of strong community healthcare infrastructure.

Source: The Express Tribune October 11, 2020 06:56 UTC