Table 2 Range of task assignments to physicians (MDs) and other providers in existing programmes providing ART visited by WHO as part of HRH assessments, or who responded to ATSAP survey
From: Estimating health workforce needs for antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings
Asia | Africa | |
|---|---|---|
Assess eligibility | 50% MD only 38% MD and nurse | 63% MD only 12% MD and other provider type 25% Other provider types only |
Initiate | 89% MD only | 75% MD only 25% MD and other provider types |
Assess toxicity/failure | 22% MD only 78% MD and other provider types | All include MD, most MD only |
Adherence support | 54% MD or MD and other providers types 44% other provider types only. | 33% MD or MD and other provider types 67% other provider types only |
Routine follow-up | Not noted | 88% MD or MD and other provider types 12% other provider types only |