WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV
1.0.0 - release
WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV
1.0.0 - release
This page is part of the WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV (v1.0.0: Release) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://smart.who.int/hiv/ActorDefinition/CommunityHealthWorker | Version: 1.0.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2025-07-08 | 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.