The implementation of Community Health Management training  in many countries has revealed the following features:

• It fosters team work and equips staff with the capacity of managing effectively  the services to solve health problems.

• It produces  changes in the attitude of staff and establishes confident relations and partnership with the community .

• It enhances the capacity of staff in making optimal use of available resources.

• It enhances interactive  communication between service delivery staff, their supervisors, and the first level of referral.

• It helps staff to develop an integrated approach to the delivery of health services .

• It creates a real awareness amongst staff of the necessity to develop an accurate database for efficent planning of activities, their implementation and monitoring of progress.

• It helps in solving organizational and operational problems.

• It makes quality of care a natural  part of staff’s  concerns  and efforts to improve service efficiency and to satisfy clients.

• It develops the capacity of team and self‑learning ,through experience, and the desire to keep abreast of new knowledge.

• It proved  to be a practical tool for strengthening district, regional and even national planning processes.

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