Responsibilities:
Preventive Care & Health Education:
CHEWs conduct house-to-house visits and community workshops to educate families on hygiene, sanitation, proper nutrition, and disease prevention.
Maternal & Child Health:
They provide antenatal care, assist with basic labor and delivery, conduct postnatal checkups, and administer childhood immunizations.
Basic Curative Care:
Trained to use standardized standing orders, they assess patients, treat minor illnesses (like malaria and diarrhea), and dispense essential medications.
Family Planning:
They provide counseling and distribute family planning commodities to interested individuals.
Referral Systems:
CHEWs recognize complex health conditions and coordinate with primary health centers or hospitals by safely referring patients for advanced medical care.
Requirements:
The candidate should possess relevant qualifications from a recognized Government institution and be licensed by the Community Health Board of Nigeria Prior experience working as CHEW 1+ years of experience in a similar role.
Remuneration: NGN 70,000

Company in Nigeria.