Table 5. Surgical procedures performed by type of medical provider for three selected months (February, June, and October).
| Procedure and Provider | Bagamoyo (TZ)a | Kasulu (TZ)a | Catandica (MZ)a,b | Chokwe (MZ)a,b | Kiryandongo (UG)c | Mityana (UG)c | Buluba (UG)c | Iganga (UG)c | Total (%) |
| Total surgeries performed in the three selected months | |||||||||
| Major surgeries | 262 | 198 | 50 | 99 | 44 | 265 | 83 | 353 | 1354 (79.4) |
| Minor surgeries | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | 33 | 104 | 6 | 42 | 193 (11.3) |
| Unspecified surgeriesd | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 156 | 159 (9.3) |
| Total | 266 | 198 | 53 | 100 | 80 | 369 | 89 | 551 | 1706 (100.0) |
| Major surgeries (including OB) by type of provider | |||||||||
| Doctor (general practitioners) | 2 (0.8) | 29 (14.6) | — | 40 (40.4) | 18 (40.9) | 248 (93.6) | 52 (74.7) | 340 (96.3) | 739 (54.6) |
| Assistant medical officers | 199 (76.0) | 159 (80.3) | 50 (100.0) | 51 (51.5) | — | — | — | — | 459 (33.9) |
| Clinical officer | 1 (0.4) | — | — | — | 14 (31.8) | 12 (4.5) | — | — | 27 (2.0) |
| Nurse or other | 60 (22.9) | 10 (5.1) | — | 8 (8.1) | 2 (5.4) | 2 (0.8) | 18 (21.7) | 1 (0.3) | 101 (7.5) |
| Unspecified | — | — | — | — | 10 (21.6) | 3 (1.1) | 3 (3.6) | 12 (3.4) | 28 (2.1) |
| Minor surgeries by type of provider | |||||||||
| Doctor (general practitioners) | — | — | — | — | 1 (2.5) | 3 (2.9) | 5 (83.3) | 35 (83.3) | 44 (22.8) |
| Assistant medical officers | 3 (75.0) | — | 3 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | — | — | — | — | 7 (3.6) |
| Clinical officer | — | — | — | — | 20 (62.5) | 42 (40.4) | — | — | 62 (32.1) |
| Nurse or other | 1 (25.0) | — | — | — | 4 (10.0) | 51 (49.0) | 1 (16.7) | 3 (7.1) | 60 (31.1) |
| Unspecified | — | — | — | — | 8 (25.0) | 8 (7.7) | — | 4 (9.5) | 20 (10.4) |
a
Surgical procedures are for February, June, and October 2007.
b
Surgical procedures are underrepresented in October for Mozambique, where medical staff undergoes training during that month: there were no procedures for Catandica compared to a monthly average of 20 procedures, and 16 in Chokwe compared to 50 monthly average.
c
Surgical procedures are for February, June, and October 2006.
d
137 unspecified surgeries were performed by doctors, three by assistant medical officers, 16 by nurses/others, and three providers were not identified.
MZ, Mozambique; OB, obstetric; TZ,Tanzania; UG, Uganda.