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Table 3
Trends in numbers of facility health staff in Malawi (52 facilities) and Zambia (27 facilities): baseline and follow-up ¹
	Malawi:								Zambia:

Health worker category	Mar 2006	Mar 2008	Mar 2006	Mar 2008	Mar 2006	Mar 2008	Mar 2006	Mar 2008	2004	2007	2004	2007	2004	2007

	Urban	Urban	Rural	Rural	Semi-urban²	Semi-urban	Total	Total	Urban	Urban	Rural	Rural	Total	Total

Doctors³	59	65	2	5	8	10	69	80	16	23	6	6	22	29

Nurses⁴	523	651	221	199	295	329	*1039*	*1179*	384	381	61	61	*445*	*442*

Clinical Officers & Medical Assistants ⁵	135	94	67	85	103	115	*305*	*294*	76	67	16	15	92	82

Total doctors, nurses, clinical officers, medical assistants	717	810	290	289	*406*	*454*	*1413*	*1553*	476	471	83	82	*559*	*553*

Technicians⁶	37	65	1	1	24	46	62	*112*	51	62	4	11	55	73

*Health Surveillance Assistants + Dedicated HIV counsellors*⁷	74	158	456	737	205	381	*735*	*1276*	47	56	16	21	63	77

TOTAL	828	1033	747	1027	635	881	*2210*	*2941*	574	589	103	114	*677*	*703*

¹Numbers of each category of health worker shown are for facilities reporting such staff at baseline and follow-up ²The term semi-urban area has been used here to denote district capitals (district hospitals). Rural in Malawi refers to rural health centres. Urban refers to the three main urban centres where the central hospitals and urban health centres are located ³Doctors include general and specialist doctors ⁴Nurses include all categories of nurses, midwives and nurse technicians ⁵Malawi: Clinical Officers and Medical Assistants. Zambia does not have a medical assistant cadre ⁶Technicians include laboratory technicians and assistants; and pharmacy technicians and assistants ⁷Health Surveillance Assistants exist only in Malawi only. Dedicated HIV counsellors are reported for both Malawi and Zambia
Brugha et al. Human Resources for Health 2010 8:19 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-8-19

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