Village Health group (VHG) is a membership association owned and managed
by families (championed by women and mothers) at a village level, united to meet their health needs and common economic aspirations.
- Village Health Group geographical coverage is a village, with an average of 80-100 families/households, 560-700 family members and with approximately 180-200 children under 5 years.
- All mothers and or women in these households are mobilised to join the village health group, first to save and access loans for income generating activity.
- Then each member/family is mobilised to join health benefit savings scheme as family self-insurer scheme.
- This scheme requires each member to save $0.5 to $3 per week for health related expenses and emergencies.
- The project then supports the groups to conduct regular health camps as outreach and for disseminating information on the benefit of preventive actions at household and community level.