TABLE 2.

Availability of key resources, including trained staff, equipment and medication.

Variable	Hospitals (n = 5)			Health centres (HCs) (n = 25)
	Average number functional	Average number not functional	Hospitals with working equipment (%)	Average number functional	Average number not functional	HCs with functional equipment (%)
Availability of key equipment
BP machines (manual or automated)	2	1.8	100	1.6	2.1	80
Weighing scales	1.8	0.8	100	1.6	1	96
Height meter	1.6	0	100	1	0.2	92
Ophthalmoscope	0.2	0.8	20	0	0.2	4
Glucometer	2.6	0.2	80	0.4	0	32
Biochemistry analyser	0.4	0.2	40	0	0	0
Availability of trained staff and guidelines
At least one clinician able to prescribe NCD medication	100%			88%
Clinician workloada	56 OPD consultations per clinician per day (in addition to inpatient responsibilities)			66 patients per clinician per day
At least one clinician trained	60%			4.7%
At least one nurse trained	60%			8.3%
Clinical Guidelines book on NCD managementa	20%			72%
Availability of medication in past 6 months
Facilities with stock outs of tracer first-line HPT drugb	0%			8%
Facilities with stock outs of tracer second-line HPT drugc	80%			96%
Facilities with stock outs of tracer first-line DM drugd (%)	60%			100%
Facilities with stock outs of tracer second-line DM druge	40%			100%
Facilities with stock outs of tracer NCD suppliesf	60%			92%

Source: Cross-sectional quantitative survey

BP, Blood pressure; NCDs, non-communicable diseases; NA, not applicable.

^aPercentage of facilities that had a copy of ‘Malawi Standard Treatment Guidelines’ or ‘The Clinical Book’ present in the consulting room.

^bHydrochlorthiazide.

^cCalcium channel blocker.

^dMetformin.

^eInsulin.

^fGlucose test strips.