sarubai Salve goes to work twice a day she leaves her home once at nine o clock in the moming and then again at six o'clock in the evening to visit people in h village of Jawalke. The village has about 240 families and, with another woman called Babai Sathe, Sarubai is responsible for the health of the village. The women visit pregnant women and give medicine to some of the older people. Today they are visiting their first patient Rani Kale doesn't come from Jawalke. She lives about an hour away but her village doesn't have anyone like Sarubai to help mothers to be. Sarubai is checking Rani and she is worried about the position of the baby Rani might need to go to hospital Half an hour later, Sarubai and Babai visit another mother with a three-month-old baby. While they are checking the baby, Sarubai also gives the mother advice on nutrition and vaccinations. Jawaike is a very different place because of the two women. They regularly deliver babies and continue to help as the child grows a shortage of doctors in this region, so village health workers are important because they can give preventative medicine and advice about health New health workers go for two weeks of intensive training and then they receive ongoing training. A mobile team visits e once a week. The team includes a nurse and a doctor. The mobile team meets with Sarubai and they look at any of her patients with serious medical problems. The health workers are an important connection between the mobile team and the local people. Currently there are 300 vi health workers in the region and the number is growing