TABLE 3.
Information identified as a requirement at the point of care (n = 136).
Health related topics | Frequency (%) | Number response (%) | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis | 76.4 | 23.6 | 100 |
HIV | 72.8 | 27.2 | 100 |
Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis | 72.1 | 27.9 | 100 |
Antiretroviral drugs | 71.3 | 28.7 | 100 |
Tuberculosis | 60.3 | 39.7 | 100 |
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV | 53 | 47 | 100 |
Non-communicable disease e.g. Cardiovascular, Diabetes Mellitus | 52.2 | 47.8 | 100 |
Sexually-transmitted infections | 43.4 | 56.6 | 100 |
Malaria | 42.6 | 57.4 | 100 |
Public/community health legislation | 40.4 | 59.6 | 100 |
Laboratory services | 39.7 | 60.3 | 100 |
Disease surveillance | 38.2 | 61.8 | 100 |
Research abstracts on topical subjects | |||
in health | 38.2 | 61.8 | 100 |
Immunisable diseases | 36.8 | 63.2 | 100 |
Diarrhoeal diseases | 33.8 | 66.2 | 100 |
Maternal health issues in general | 33.8 | 66.2 | 100 |
Family planning | 29.4 | 70.6 | 100 |