The meeting was appreciated by participants who found they shared common interest and goals. They spoke of the need to build unity amongst CHWs promoting transparency and accountability, communication and openness to work together and resist competing with each other. They shared their long term vision is to improve the working conditions for all cadres of CHWs and have a legally accepted union for CHWs in Malawi.

NONM agreed that it would develop strategies to recruit and organize Community Health Nurses (CHN) and Community Health Midwives (CHM) under the union, including Midwives Assistants. The union will explore setting up a structure within the union to give representation to and to take up the issues of  Community Health Nurses and Midwives.

NONM and the Malawi Network of Community Health Workers are keen to explore the formation of a CHW union, with the support of the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU). The proposed CHW union will organise and represent cadres of CHWs not covered by NONM, including Health Surveillance Assistants, Community Health Workers employed by NGOs and Community Health Volunteers.