Table 2

Availability and workload of BEmOC and CEmOC qualified staff at facility level according to public-private mix, levels of services and urban rural contexts


Available qualified staff
 Average qualified staff per facility


Number of facilities
 BEmOC
 CEmOC
 BEmOC
 CEmOC
 Facility deliveries per qualified BEmOC staff (workload)
 Percentage CEmOC staff of BEmOC staff
Public-private mix






     Private for-profit
 11
 50
 5
 4.5
 0.45
 6.6
 10.0
     Voluntary agencies
 41
 576
 36
 14.0
 0.87
 17.1
 6.3
     Government
 73
 597
 37
 8.2
 0.51
 41.1
 6.2
Level of services






     Dispensaries
 93
 174
 0
 1.9 (2)a
 0.0
 27.9
 0.0
     Health centres
 18
 131
 0
 7.3 (4)a
 0.0
 38.4
 0.0
     First referral hospitals
 15
 479
 38
 31.9
 2.53
 20.3
 7.9
     Secondary referral hospitals
 3
 439
 40
 146.3
 13.3
 34.5
 9.1
Urban-rural context






     Urban (2 districts)
 20
 639
 54
 16.0
 1.35
 31.5
 8.5
     Rural (4 districts)
 109
 584
 24
 1.3
 0.06
 25.0
 4.1
Total
 129
 1223
 78
 9.5
 0.60
 27.2
 6.1

a Tanzanian national guidelines target

Olsen et al. Human Resources for Health 2005 3:5   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-3-5

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