Community Animal Health Workers (CAHW) are key members of the global workforce, trained to provide basic animal health services in rural and underserved areas that may be resource thin when it comes to availability of veterinarians and veterinary paraprofessionals. However, the challenge for CAHWs has been insufficient dedicated training, the training and regulation that exists is not harmonized within and between countries, absence of agreed-upon curriculum, coordination between stakeholders, and a lack of common nomenclature leading to inconsistent performance.
