Table 6. Anesthesia provided by type of medical provider for three selected months (February, June, and October).
| Anesthesia and Provider | Bagamoyo (TZ)a | Kasulu (TZ)a | Catandicab (MZ) | Chokweb (MZ) | Kiryandongo (UG)c | Mityana (UG)c | Buluba (UG)c | Iganga (UG)c | Total (%) |
| Anesthesia for major surgeries (including OB) by type of provider | |||||||||
| Doctors (general practitioners) | — | — | — | — | 3 (6.8) | 71 (26.8) | — | 350 (99.2) | 424 (31.3) |
| Assistant medical officers | — | 40 (20.2) | 50 (100.0) | — | — | — | — | — | 107 (7.9) |
| Clinical officer | — | — | — | — | 17 (38.6) | — | — | — | — |
| Nurse or other | 262 (100.0) | 158 (79.8) | — | 98 (99.0) | 14 (31.8) | 1 (0.4) | — | — | 533 (39.4) |
| NA/unspecified | — | — | — | 1 (1.0) | 10 (22.7) | 193 (72.8) | 83 (100.0) | 3 (0.8) | 290 (21.4) |
| Anesthesia for minor surgeries by type of provider | |||||||||
| Doctors (general practitioners) | — | — | — | — | 1 (3.0) | — | — | 42 (100.0) | 43 (22.3) |
| Assistant medical officers | — | — | 3 (100.0) | — | — | — | — | — | 26 (13.5) |
| Clinical officer | — | — | — | — | 18 (54.5) | 5 (4.8) | — | — | — |
| Nurse or other | 4 (100.0) | — | — | 1 (100.0) | 6 (18.2) | 11 (10.6) | — | — | 22 (11.4) |
| NA/unspecified | — | — | — | — | 8 (24.2) | 88 (84.6) | 6 (100.0) | — | 102 (52.8) |
a
Surgical procedures are for February, June, and October 2007.
b
Surgical procedures are under-represented 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.
MZ, Mozambique; OB, obstetric; TZ, Tanzania; UG, Uganda.