Licensed Chemical Sellers Trainers Manual for Managing Malaria In The Community

Published by Family Health International (FHI), this 28-page manual was produced to support the training of facilitators of the Mobilize Against Malaria (MAM) Licensed Chemical Sellers (LCS) training programme. The key objective of the MAM training programme is to bring about behaviour change in LCSs and shop assistants, from passive "sellers" of medicine to active "recognition, treatment, and referral" of malaria cases leading to an overall reduction of malaria-related morbidity and mortality in Ghana. This manual is intended to provide guidance to trainers on how to present the information and get the message across effectively to LCS and shop assistants.
The manual has the following chapters:

• Chapter 1: Trainer Instructions and Training Session Outline
• Chapter 2: Suggested Presentation Plan
• Chapter 3: Training Evaluation

The training programme is divided into seven modules:

• Module 1: Mobilize Against Malaria
• Module 2: Malaria Basics
• Module 3: Skills for Dispensing Medicine to Public
• Module 4: Malaria Symptom Recognition
• Module 5: Malaria Treatment
• Module 6: Referral and Documentation
• Module 7: Client Care and Messaging

A Training Slide Deck accompanies the manual with illustrations and pictures to assist the trainer with presenting the material.