barefoot doctors meaning

• [Medicine]
  Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.

• barefoot:    Adjective: barefoo ...
• barefoot doctor:     noun; [Medicine]P ...
• barefoot pilgrim:    [Finance]A slang t ...

Examples

1. the government hastily trained medics, known as barefoot doctors, to provide basic care to peasants
2. the government hastily trained medics, known as barefoot doctors, to provide basic care to peasants
3. the government hastily trained medics, known as barefoot doctors, to provide basic care to peasants
4. the government hastily trained medics, known as barefoot doctors, to provide basic care to peasants
5. tcm formed part of the " barefoot doctor " program, which extended public health into rural areas