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: Community Health Worker - XML Representation

Draft as of 2026-03-06

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<ActorDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="DAK.Persona.CommunityHealthWorker"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: ActorDefinition DAK.Persona.CommunityHealthWorker</b></p><a name="DAK.Persona.CommunityHealthWorker"> </a><a name="hcDAK.Persona.CommunityHealthWorker"> </a><table class="grid"><tr><td><b>Actor: CommunityHealthWorker </b></td><td>Community Health Worker</td><td>Type: person </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div><p>https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240081949</p>
</div></td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url
       value="http://smart.who.int/base/ActorDefinition/DAK.Persona.CommunityHealthWorker"/>
  <version value="0.2.0"/>
  <name value="CommunityHealthWorker"/>
  <title value="Community Health Worker"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <date value="2026-03-06T03:01:34+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="WHO"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="WHO"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://who.int"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="A frontline member of the health workforce who delivers health interventions
at the community level, acting as a link between communities and formal health
facilities. Community health workers are a key sub-group of healthcare providers.

Community health workers use DHIs to:
- Register and follow-up community members (2.1, 2.2.1)
- Receive community-based decision support and job aids (2.3)
- Report public health events from point of diagnosis (3.3.1)
- Access mobile training and competency assessments (2.8)
- Communicate with supervising clinical staff (2.5.1)
- Manage their daily visit planning and activities (2.7)

**ISCO-08**: 3255 (Community health workers), 5321 (Health care assistants).

**Examples**: Village health worker, health extension worker, community health
volunteer, lay health advisor, peer educator, traditional birth attendant,
community case manager."/>
  <type value="person"/>
  <documentation
                 value="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240081949"/>
</ActorDefinition>