Under the theme “Ear and hearing care for all! Let’s make it a reality”, World Hearing Day highlighted the importance of integrating ear and hearing care within primary care as an essential component of universal health coverage. To support countries in this process, World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Primary ear and hearing care training manual.
This manual forms a part of the set of training resources available for capacity building of the existing health workforce at the primary level.
You can access the set of training resources here:
- Basic ear and hearing care resource: It serves as an information resource for community-level workers as well as other interested members of the community.
- Primary ear and hearing care manual: It is a practical guide on preventing, identifying and managing hearing loss and common ear diseases that lead to hearing loss. It is intended for primary-level health workers.
- Community resources for awareness creation: They are informative flyers to raise awareness about ear and hearing conditions, which can be translated into local languages and distributed among community members. These materials serve as a preventive and management tool for promoting ear health within the community.