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Table 3 Trends in numbers of facility health staff in Malawi (52 facilities) and Zambia (27 facilities): baseline and follow-up 1

From: Health workforce responses to global health initiatives funding: a comparison of Malawi and Zambia

 

Malawi:

       

Zambia:

     

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

  1. 1Numbers of each category of health worker shown are for facilities reporting such staff at baseline and follow-up
  2. 2The term semi-urban area has been used here to denote district capitals (district hospitals). Rural in Malawi refers to rural health centres. Urban refers to the three main urban centres where the central hospitals and urban health centres are located
  3. 3Doctors include general and specialist doctors
  4. 4Nurses include all categories of nurses, midwives and nurse technicians
  5. 5Malawi: Clinical Officers and Medical Assistants. Zambia does not have a medical assistant cadre
  6. 6Technicians include laboratory technicians and assistants; and pharmacy technicians and assistants
  7. 7Health Surveillance Assistants exist only in Malawi only. Dedicated HIV counsellors are reported for both Malawi and Zambia