Community Health Volunteers have always played a critical role in the health sector in the country. Key is ensuring an increase in the uptake of immunisations by communities especially the HPV vaccine that targets girls. Research has shown that the services they provide are not inferior to those provided by healthcare workers but sometimes even better. At the moment, the regulation dictates that the Covid vaccines be administered only by a registered clinician or a nurse. The India Serum Institute that produces the vaccine is stretched as it tries to satisfy the domestic demand.

Source: The Star April 24, 2021 09:56 UTC