In 2001, Ministry of Health established the Village Health Teams (VHT) strategy as an innovative approach to empower communities to participate in improving their own health as well as strengthen the delivery of health services at both the community and house hold levels. Despite implementing this strategy for 15 years, the disease burden from preventable causes such as malaria, malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases and diseases related to poor sanitation and personal hygiene, remains high, thus contributing to the poor health statistics of the country
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