From: Health workforce responses to global health initiatives funding: a comparison of Malawi and Zambia
 | Malawi: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Zambia: |  |  |  |  |  |
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Health worker category | Mar 2006 | Mar 2008 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2008 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2008 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2008 | 2004 | 2007 | 2004 | 2007 | 2004 | 2007 |
 | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | Semi-urban2 | Semi-urban | Total | Total | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | Total | Total |
Doctors 3 | 59 | 65 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 69 | 80 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 29 |
Nurses 4 | 523 | 651 | 221 | 199 | 295 | 329 | 1039 | 1179 | 384 | 381 | 61 | 61 | 445 | 442 |
Clinical Officers & Medical Assistants 5 | 135 | 94 | 67 | 85 | 103 | 115 | 305 | 294 | 76 | 67 | 16 | 15 | 92 | 82 |
Total doctors, nurses, clinical officers, medical assistants | 717 | 810 | 290 | 289 | 406 | 454 | 1413 | 1553 | 476 | 471 | 83 | 82 | 559 | 553 |
Technicians 6 | 37 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 46 | 62 | 112 | 51 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 55 | 73 |
Health Surveillance Assistants + Dedicated HIV counsellors 7 | 74 | 158 | 456 | 737 | 205 | 381 | 735 | 1276 | 47 | 56 | 16 | 21 | 63 | 77 |
TOTAL | 828 | 1033 | 747 | 1027 | 635 | 881 | 2210 | 2941 | 574 | 589 | 103 | 114 | 677 | 703 |