Table 7

Selected team-based HRH needs for 1000 patients on ART from existing or proposed programme-level ART programmes

Team
ART clinic (19)
Provincial hospital**
Central hospital**

Physician or Medical Officer (MD)
3–4
1.25
2
Clinical Officer (CO)
0
0.6
-
Nurse
3–4
1.25
4
Counsellor/social worker
50
1.25
3
Other*
None noted
5
3
Total HRH per 1000 ART patients
57
9.4
12***
Total clinical staff (MD/CO/nurse) per 1000 ART patients
6–8
3.1
6

* May include administrative, nursing assistants, PLWHA not designated explicitly as counsellors

**From ATSAP survey

***also 3 community health workers, 2 pharmacist/pharmacy technicians and 3 laboratory technicians

Hirschhorn et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:1   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-1