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Table 1 Location of paediatric specialists and clinical officers employed by the MOH

From: Task sharing within a managed clinical network to improve child health in Malawi

 

2012/13

 

Physician clinician

Non-physician clinician

 

MMED PCH

MO

CO

MA

QEC Hospital

9

   

Blantyre district

 

36

181

515

Mwanza district

 

5

143

81

Neno district

 

14

210

242

Chikhwawa district

 

2

301

402

Chiradzulu district

 

10

180

256

Thyolo district

 

49

208

473

Mulanje district

 

44

385

423

Phalombe district

 

12

173

212

Nsanje district

 

30

202

264

Kamuzu Central

7

   

Lilongwe district

 

147

758

934

Dedza district

 

21

338

340

Salima district

 

10

219

505

Mchinji district

 

10

164

352

Nkhotakota district

 

22

173

325

Nchisi district

 

22

195

335

Dowa district

 

23

329

370

Kasungu district

 

22

407

374

Zomba Central Hospital

0

   

Zomba district

 

49

326

473

Balaka district

 

23

184

244

Machinga district

 

23

130

352

Ntcheu district

 

21

155

430

Mangochi district

 

38

250

532

Mzuzu Central Hospital

0

   

Mzimba district

 

70

619

685

Chitipa district

 

9

183

229

Karonga district

 

10

206

346

Nkhatabay district

 

18

221

274

  1. MMED: physician specialists in paediatrics in child health; MO: medical officer, for example, doctors who are not specialists; CO: clinical officers; MA: medical assistant.
  2. Source: Health Management Information System (HMIS 2013) Ministry of Health, Malawi.