▁with ▁five ▁medical ▁colleg es , ▁twenty - se ven ▁al lied ▁health ▁training ▁schools , ▁and ▁twenty ▁nine ▁n urs ing ▁schools . ▁ ▁Community ▁health ▁worker   training ▁has ▁increased ▁since ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s . ▁The   U g and an ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Health   im plement ed ▁the ▁Village ▁Health ▁Teams ▁( V HT ) ▁Training ▁Program ▁to ▁develop ▁community ▁health ▁workers ▁who ▁connect ▁rural ▁communities ▁to ▁health ▁facilities ▁and ▁aid ▁in ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁prevent ative ▁knowledge ▁about   mal aria ,   p neum onia , ▁w orm ▁inf est ations ,   di arr he a , ▁and   neg lect ed ▁tropical ▁disease .[ 1 7 ]   V HT s ▁have ▁also ▁a ided ▁in ▁health ▁campaign s ▁and ▁disease ▁surve ill ance . ▁N ong overn ment al ▁organizations , ▁such ▁as ▁Health ▁Child ▁U g anda ▁and ▁Om ni ▁Med , ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁working ▁with ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Health ▁to ▁train ▁and ▁maintain ▁V HT s .[ 1 8 ] ▁ ▁An ▁assess ment ▁of ▁V HT ▁ab ilities ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁Community ▁Health ▁Ext ension ▁Work er ▁( CH E W ) ▁Program , ▁which ▁involves ▁the ▁training ▁of ▁health ▁workers ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁all ▁districts ▁of ▁the ▁nation .[ 1 7 ] Un like ▁V HT s , ▁CH E W s ▁will ▁possess ▁elev ated ▁skills ▁in ▁address ing ▁the ▁health ▁needs ▁of ▁their ▁communities , ▁will ▁be ▁based ▁at ▁the