Table 4. Human resources distribution in study hospitals.
| Hospital Positions | Bagamoyo (TZ) | Kasulu (TZ) | Catandicaa,b (MZ) | Chokweb (MZ) | Mityana (UG) | Kiryandongo (UG) | Buluba (UG) | Iganga (UG) |
| Licensed medical practitioners | ||||||||
| Doctors (general practitioners) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Surgeons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dentists | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MLPs | ||||||||
| Assistant medical officersb | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinical officers | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Nurses (total) | (88) | (116) | (18) | (31) | (73) | (75) | (47) | (68) |
| Nurse officers | 20 | 18 | — | — | 32 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| Nurse assistants | 37c | 56 | 5 | — | 12 | 26 | 21 | 18 |
| Enrolled nurses | 0 | 5 | 11 | — | 10 | 18 | 9 | 17 |
| Nurse midwives | 22 | 35 | 2 | — | 19 | 22 | 8 | 14 |
| Public health nurses | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Administrators/support | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Total | 116 | 147 | 28 | 43 | 96 | 84 | 67 | 85 |
The classification of nurses in Catandica may not fully correspond to the study classification; of the 18 nurses two were general nurses with mid-level training, two were maternity and child health nurses with mid-level training, three were nurses with elementary level training, and 11 were nurses with basic level nurses. Nurses with mid-level training were classified as nurse assistants, nurses with elementary training and nurses with basic level skills were classified as enrolled nurses, and maternal and child health nurses were classified as nurse midwives.
In Mozambique, assistant medical officers performing surgery are referred to as “técnicos de cirurgia.”
Nurse assistants in Bagamoyo are referred to as medical attendants.
MZ, Mozambique; TZ, Tanzania; UG, Uganda.