WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV
0.3.0 - ci-build
WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV - Local Development build (v0.3.0) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://smart.who.int/hiv/ActorDefinition/CommunityHealthWorker | Version: 0.3.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2024-08-18 | Computable Name: CommunityHealthWorker | |||
| Other Identifiers: CommunityHealthWorker | ||||
A person who provides health education, referral and follow-up, case management and basic preventive health care and home visiting services to specific communities. Examples of HIV services that they provide include HIV testing, distributing HIV self-test (HIVST) kits, counselling in the community, monitoring adherence to ART and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and drug pick- up, and following up and tracing lost patients. The occupation normally requires formal or informal training and supervision required by the health and social services authorities.