1) Treat simple diseases, injuries, wounds and refer to the clinic
2) Provide basic nursing care
3) Provide palliative care
4) Take temperature, BP, pulse and respiration
5) Check outbreak of diseases in the community, teach and refer for treatment
Health Promotion Officer is a profession that bridges the gap between communities and health institutions (Clinics, rehabilitation centres, testing and counselling centres etc) as such they form greater part of primary health care re-engineering teams which is currently being rolled out by Department of Health.