"In recent years, the development of rapid, diagnostic tests for malaria, also known as RDTs, which can be performed by healthcare workers after a brief training has made the extension of diagnostic testing to rural health facilities possible."
VOA: standard.2010.03.09
To date, more than 17, 000 health extensionworkers have been trained on inserting Implanon and an estimated 1.7 million women have benefited from this initiative.
Babatunde Osotimehin: One good example of that is Ethiopia, where about 38, 000 health extensionworkers are leading the effort to bring long-acting modern family planning methods closer to communities, especially to isolated and rural ones.