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Table 4 Additional activities and individual allowance standards for health workers

From: Assessing the staffing needs for primary health care centers in Cross River State, Nigeria: a workload indicators of staffing needs study

Workload components

Nurses/midwives

CHO/CHEW

Number of staff performing the task

Actual working time

Number of staff performing the task

Actual working time

Supervision of students

10

32 h/month

10

8 h/month

General administration

1

6 h /month

1

4 h/month

Monthly report writing

1

1 h/month

1

1 h/month

Monitoring and evaluations/documentations/collation of patient data

1

3 h/month

1

3 h/month

Review meetings (LGA coordination meeting)

1

3 h/month

1

3 h/month

Mentoring of subordinates

1

4 h/ month

1

4 h/month

LGA technical meetings

1

2 h/month

1

2 h/month

PHC management committee meeting/facility management meeting

1

2 h/month

1

2 h/month

Advocacy

1

6 h/year

1

10 h/year

Bed making

2

24 min/day

2

24 min/day

Sterilization of equipment’s

1

30 min/day

1

30 min/day

  1. CHO Community Health Officer, CHEW Community Health Extension Worker