Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

Job title (n)	Age in years (average)	Years in nursing (average)	Years as manager (average)
Facility manager (8)	46–54 (49)	19–34 (25)	2–15 (8)
District/regional manager (3)	50–62 (55)	30–40 (35)	9–22 (14)
Senior provincial manager (3)	52–57 (55)	26–33 (30)	11–23 (15)
NGO programme manager (4, 2 doctors)	35–55 (44)	20–27 (24)	1–8 (4)
NIMART nurse already initiating (20)	32–63 (48)	4–39 (23)	n/a
NIMART nurse trained, not yet initiating (5)	32–60 (49)	8–30 (22)	n/a

n/a, Not applicable; NGO, non-governmental organisation; NIMART, nurse initiated and managed antiretroviral therapy.