Table 4 Staffing ratios over time based on proposed country strategic plan for patients on ART (staff duties include other HIV-related activities)*
From: Estimating health workforce needs for antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings
Number of patients per staff position as planned | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | |
Prescribing clinician | 534 | 880 | 1416 | 1947 | 2820 |
Evaluating clinician | 122 | 189 | 294 | 389 | 545 |
Evaluating and prescribing clinicians | 99 | 155 | 244 | 324 | 457 |
Treatment counsellor | 308 | 405 | 525 | 660 | 838 |
Lifestyle counsellor | 100 | 151 | 218 | 258 | 398 |
Pharmacist | 629 | 892 | 1250 | 1634 | 2169 |
Phlebotomist | 511 | 758 | 1080 | 1445 | 1950 |
Lab technician | 517 | 758 | 11 223 | 1445 | 1950 |
Total staff to treat 1000 on ART | 27.8 | 18.5 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 7.1 |