Table 3.
Numbers and population density of health workers by category and district, 2005 and 2007.
| Lusaka (n = 9) |
Kabwe (n = 9) |
Mumbwa (n = 12) |
Total (n = 30) |
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| Staff numbers & density | 2005 | 2007 | 2005 | 2007 | 2005 | 2007 | 2005 | 2007 |
| Doctors | 18 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5* | 6* | 30* | 31* |
| Nurses | 160 | 166 | 260 | 240 | 68 | 65 | 488 | 471 |
| Clinical officers | 41 | 41 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 92 | 82 |
| Total clinical staff numbers: doctors, clinical officers and nurses | 219 | 223 | 293 | 270 | 98 | 91 | 610 | 584 |
| Clinical staff density: number per 10 000 population § | 4.4 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| Laboratory technicians | 10* | 14* | 23 | 19 | 3* | 5* | 36+ | 38+ |
| Pharmacy technicians | 18* | 21* | 10 | 11 | 4* | 6* | 32+ | 38+ |
| Dedicated HIV counsellors | 45 | 50 | 12* | 22* | 14* | 21* | 71+ | 93+ |
| Records/registry clerks | 38 | 42 | 16 | 18 | 2* | 3* | 56* | 63+ |
| Total | 330 | 350 | 354 | 340 | 121 | 126 | 805 | 816* |
* represents 1 facility short of the total number of facilities
+ represents 2 facilities short of the total number of facilities
§ 20 facilities: Lusaka = 5 facilities, Kabwe = 6 facilities, Mumbwa = 9 facilities. Other facilities lacked catchment populations