Table 1

Range of cadres assigned crucial tasks at a selection of ART sites responding to the ATSAP survey
Task	Sites

Eligibility	MD	N,C	MD	MD	C	MD	MD,CO	MD
Prescribe/initiate ART	MD	MD,MO	MD	MD	MD	MD	MD,CO	MD
Education	MD,N,Ph	N,C,CHW	N,C	MD	MD,N,C	MD,N,E,C		N,C
Adherence	MD,N,Ph	MD,N,MO,C, Ph, CHW	N,C	MD	MD,N,C	N,C,E	N,P	N,C
Follow-up (routine)	MD	MD,MO	MD, N,C	MD	MD,N,C	MD	CO,N	MD,N
Management complication/failure	MD,N,Ph		MD	MD	MD	MD	MD,CO	MD
Counselling	MD,N, chaplain	All				N,E,C		N,C

MD: physician, MO: medical officer, CO: clinical officer, N: nurse, C: counsellor, E: educator, Ph: pharmacist or pharmacy technician, NC = nurse counsellor, P = PLWH, CHW: community health worker
Hirschhorn et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:1 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-1