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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 179 nurses observed in 26 health facilities in Kinondoni and Ilala districts, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

From: The potential of task-shifting in scaling up services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a time and motion study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Variable

Proportion of observations in %

District

 Kinondoni

51

 Ilala

49

Health facility level

 Dispensary

57

 Health centers and hospitals

43

Nurse cadre

 Nurse officers

36

 Nurse midwife and enrolled nurse

64

  1. Training times vary between different nurse cadres: nurse officers train for 3–4 years while enrolled nurses and nurse midwives train for 2–3 years
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Human Resources for Health

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