. 2021 Nov 18;21:2122. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12188-4

Table 1.

Community Health Workers in the Block Level [11]

Title	Qualification	Role in Vaccination Services	Scheme
Auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM Worker) [12]	Education: 12 years Training: 2 years	Provides vaccinations at the health sub-centers across multiple villages.	National Rural Health Mission (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
Anganwadi worker	Education: 8th Class^a Training: 45 Days	Encourages mothers to allow vaccinations in one village and assists with maintenance of vaccine register.	Integrated Child Development Scheme (Ministry of Women and Child Development)
Accredited social health activists (ASHA worker)	Education: 8th Class^a Training: 23 days spread over a period of 12 months	Promotes access and uptake of vaccines in one village, encourages rural mothers to vaccinate their children, and assists with maintenance of vaccine register.	National Rural Health Mission (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)

Title

Qualification

Role in Vaccination Services

Scheme

Auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM Worker) [12]

Education: 12 years

Training: 2 years

Provides vaccinations at the health sub-centers across multiple villages.

National Rural Health Mission (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)

Anganwadi worker

Education: 8th Class^a

Training: 45 Days

Encourages mothers to allow vaccinations in one village and assists with maintenance of vaccine register.

Integrated Child Development Scheme (Ministry of Women and Child Development)

Accredited social health activists (ASHA worker)

Education: 8th Class^a

Training: 23 days spread over a period of 12 months

Promotes access and uptake of vaccines in one village, encourages rural mothers to vaccinate their children, and assists with maintenance of vaccine register.

National Rural Health Mission (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)

^a (approximately 8 years post-kindergarten)