Table 5.

Tasks rated as highly critical that HEWs were not able to perform safely (N = 82)

	Percent of providers who rated the task as:
Priority tasks	High criticality %	Not able to perform safely %
Provide Integrated Management of Newborn and Child Illness (IMNCI)	90.2	22.0
Provide institutional clean and safe delivery services	90.2	22.0
Manage supplies stocks and maintenance at facility	86.6	13.4
Participate in research activities focusing on data management and reporting	80.4	9.8
Act as clinical preceptor, including facilitation of learning activities	87.8	8.5
Evaluate the effect of health information provided to community	91.5	7.3
Diagnose and treat minor uncomplicated diseases	84.1	6.1
Prevent and control non-communicable diseases	84.1	6.1
Conduct community diagnosis of communicable disease	92.7	4.9
Counsel, test & refer mothers for PMTCT	82.6	4.9
Establish and demonstrate community-appropriate sanitation technologies	89.1	3.7
Provide essential newborn care services	89.0	3.7
Provide Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM)	86.5	3.7
Manage cold chain system	84.1	3.7