Table 5.

District managers’ responses on MLW training

	Kenya		Nigeria		South Africa		Uganda
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Is the training that MLWs receive adequate for the work that they do?
Yes	64	47.4	87	43.7	9	37.5	10	37.0
No	71	52.6	112	56.3	15	62.5	17	63.0
District managers suggestions on how the training of MLWs could be improved
Change training approach	75	45.2	286	62.6	14	31.1	18	39.1
To be trained in additional skills	25	15.1	3	0.7	17	37.8	18	39.1
Degree track	23	13.9	23	5.0	–	–	–	–
Management skills	21	12.7	–	–	1	2.2	8	17.4
More public or community health approach	9	5.4	–	–	5	11.1	–	–
Improve training institutions	9	5.4	105	23.0	–	–	1	2.2
Incentive/remuneration	–	–	18	3.9	–	–	–	–
Better selection	–	–	1	0.2	–	–	–	–
Make training appropriate to national priorities	–	–	–	–	7	15.6	–	–
Other	4	2.4	21	4.6	1	2.2	1	2.2

Respondents could give more than one response