Family Health Ministries does not want to simply treat those who are already suffering. In an effort to prevent problems, Family Health Ministries has employed public health workers to perform tasks like:

• Community Health Surveys
• Mapping key points such as clinics and clean water sources
• Health Education

FHM employes two public health workers who circulate through the community daily with a questionnaire about the number of people living in each dwelling, their source of water, their sanitation processes and similar information.

Community members are asked for their health priorities. After any children are weighed and measured, they are given an antiparasitic and vitamins. Finally, each questionnare is positioned with a GPS, allowing FHM to track the local communities' needs.

(LEFT) Annaus completes the health questionnaire with the woman of the house, and then weighs and measures her children. Back at the office, Annaus uploads the GPS data he has recorded and inputs the data from each health questionnaire. During the analysis, heights and weights are compared to norms, and access to sanitation and clean water factored into the results.