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Table 1 Range of cadres assigned crucial tasks at a selection of ART sites responding to the ATSAP survey

From: Estimating health workforce needs for antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

Task

Sites

Eligibility

MD

N,C

MD

MD

C

MD

MD,CO

MD

Prescribe/initiate ART

MD

MD,MO

MD

MD

MD

MD

MD,CO

MD

Education

MD,N,Ph

N,C,CHW

N,C

MD

MD,N,C

MD,N,E,C

 

N,C

Adherence

MD,N,Ph

MD,N,MO,C, Ph, CHW

N,C

MD

MD,N,C

N,C,E

N,P

N,C

Follow-up (routine)

MD

MD,MO

MD, N,C

MD

MD,N,C

MD

CO,N

MD,N

Management complication/failure

MD,N,Ph

 

MD

MD

MD

MD

MD,CO

MD

Counselling

MD,N, chaplain

All

   

N,E,C

 

N,C

  1. MD: physician, MO: medical officer, CO: clinical officer, N: nurse, C: counsellor, E: educator, Ph: pharmacist or pharmacy technician, NC = nurse counsellor, P = PLWH, CHW: community health worker