Opinion: Amid labor shortage, let community health workers give vaccines
This Op-Ed makes the case for why CHWs should be considered to administer (not just facilitate) vaccinations
- Countries
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Congo (Kinshasa)
- Cote D`Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome And Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Burkina Faso
- Antigua And Barbuda
- Argentina
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts And Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
- Suriname
- The Bahamas
- Trinidad And Tobago
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia And Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Moldova
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Cholera
- Covid-19
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Ebola
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis E
- HIB
- HIV-AIDS
- Human papillomavirus
- Influenza
- Malaria
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Pneumococcal disease
- Polio
- Rabies
- Measles
- Meningococcal meningitis
- Rotavirus
- Rubella
- Smallpox
- Tetanus
- Japanese encephalitis
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid
- Varicella
- Yellow fever
- Zika
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP)
- Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC)
- International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC)
- John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
- MSF
- PATH
- People that Deliver (PtD)
- Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)
- TechNet-21
- UNICEF
- USAID
- WHO
- WHO Performance, Quality and Safety (PQS)