TABLE 2.

Community Health Worker Vaccine Administration Responsibilities

Country	Community Health Worker Cadre	Program Type		Vaccine Administration Route		Category of Vaccines Administered
Country	Community Health Worker Cadre	Established Program	Project or Temporary Campaign	Injectable	Oral	All Routine Immunizations	1 Specific Immunization^a
Afghanistan	Traditional birth attendant⁵¹		X	X^b^,^c			X
Bangladesh	Health assistant⁴⁷^,⁵⁹	X		X		X
Brazil	Community health agent⁵⁹	X		X		X
China	Village-based health workers⁴⁸^,⁶⁷		X	X^c			X
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village volunteer⁴⁹	X			X		X
Ethiopia	Health extension worker³⁸^,⁴⁰^,⁴¹^,⁴⁷^,⁵⁰^,⁵⁹^,⁶¹	X		X		X
Ghana	Community health officer⁵⁹	X		X		X
Ghana	Traditional birth attendant⁴⁵		X	X^c			X
India	Auxiliary nurse midwife⁵²^,⁵⁵^,⁵⁹^,⁶⁰^,⁶²^,⁶⁴^,⁶⁶	X		X		X
Indonesia	Kader⁵⁹	X		X		X
Indonesia	Community midwives⁵¹	X		X^c			X
Iran	Behvarzes⁵⁹^,⁶³	X		X		X
Kenya	Community health worker⁴⁶		X	X		X
Kenya	Community health volunteer³⁹		X		X		X
Malawi	Health surveillance assistant²³^,⁵³^,⁵⁶^–⁵⁹^,⁶⁵	X		X		X
Mali	Traditional birth attendant⁴⁵^,⁵¹		X	X^c			X
Nepal	Auxiliary health worker⁴⁷^,⁵⁹	X		X		X
Niger	Agent de santé communautaire⁵⁹	X		X		X
Nigeria	Community health extension worker⁴⁷^,⁵⁹	X		X		X
Pakistan	Lady health worker²¹^,⁴³^,⁴⁴^,⁵⁴^,⁵⁹	X		X	X	X
Papua New Guinea	Village health volunteer⁴⁵		X	X^c			X
United States	Community health aide/practitioner⁴²	X		X		X
Zambia	Community health assistant⁵⁹	X		X		X

↵a Trained as vaccinators to administer 1 specific vaccine (e.g., only hepatitis B vaccines).
↵b An X indicates clear affirmative evidence is available in documents included in review; a blank cell indicates no information was available in included documents.
↵c Use of a compact prefilled auto-disable device.