TABLE 2.

Community Health Worker Vaccine Administration Responsibilities

Country	Community Health Worker Cadre	Program Type		Vaccine Administration Route		Category of Vaccines Administered
		Established Program	Project or Temporary Campaign	Injectable	Oral	All Routine Immunizations	1 Specific Immunization a
Afghanistan	Traditional birth attendant51		X	Xb,c			X
Bangladesh	Health assistant47,59	X		X		X
Brazil	Community health agent59	X		X		X
China	Village-based health workers48,67		X	Xc			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
	Traditional birth attendant45		X	Xc			X
India	Auxiliary nurse midwife52,55,59,60,62,64,66	X		X		X
Indonesia	Kader59	X		X		X
	Community midwives51	X		Xc			X
Iran	Behvarzes59,63	X		X		X
Kenya	Community health worker46		X	X		X
	Community health volunteer39		X		X		X
Malawi	Health surveillance assistant23,53,56–59,65	X		X		X
Mali	Traditional birth attendant45,51		X	Xc			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	Xc			X
United States	Community health aide/practitioner42	X		X		X
Zambia	Community health assistant59	X		X		X

^aTrained as vaccinators to administer 1 specific vaccine (e.g., only hepatitis B vaccines).

^bAn X indicates clear affirmative evidence is available in documents included in review; a blank cell indicates no information was available in included documents.

^cUse of a compact prefilled auto-disable device.