Community health workers (per 1,000 people)

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Community health workers include various types of community health aides, many with country-specific occupational titles such as community health officers, community health-education workers, family health workers, lady health visitors and health extension package workers.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2016Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2016Africa Western and Central
ARB2016Arab World
CSS2016Caribbean small states
CEB2016Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2016Early-demographic dividend
EAS2016East Asia & Pacific
EAP2016East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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