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Village Health Team (VHT) member

Other names

Official name: Community health worker

VHT, village health worker, community first responder, community healthcare support worker, community support worker, community healthcare worker, community carer, community health assistant, community healthcare assistant

Community and public health

They teach people in the community about health, check children's food needs, keep records, and send people to health services.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Report incidences of child or elder abuse, neglect, or threats of harm to authorities, as required.

  2. 2

    Monitor nutrition of children, elderly, or other high-risk groups.

  3. 3

    Maintain updated client records with plans, notes, appropriate forms, or related information.

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Sources

Built from 6 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

Official record

National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

Open the source

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

Open the source

The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

Open the source

ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

Open the source

O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
agent de santé communautaire/agente de santé communautaire
español
trabajador/trabajadora social en educación sanitaria y promoción de la salud
العربية
العامل الصحي للمجتمع / العاملة الصحية للمجتمع
português
Técnico de saúde comunitária/Técnica de saúde comunitária
Deutsch
Sozialmedizinischer Assistent/Sozialmedizinische Assistentin
italiano
operatore sanitario di comunità/operatrice sanitaria di comunità

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