Community health working has become a profession of choice in the Goromonzi district although for all the toil, one is not remunerated.The job has seen hordes of people joining the noble profession, going around many wards in the Goromonzi district imparting knowledge about various ailments and their preventative methods.

Around the year 2003, the HIV epidemic was a disease of unimaginable proportions both in trying to contain it and being diagnosed with it. Being infected with the disease meant a condemnation to a life of isolation as the society as well shunned those who had the disease.