Table 1.

Characteristics of surveyed private health facilities and microscopists

Characteristic	Health facility (N = 31)
	(N = 31)	Percentage
Type of health facility
Autonomous laboratories	9	29.0
Dispensaries	11	35.5
Health centres	9	29.0
Hospitals	2	6.5
Number of health facilities per region
Mara	7	22.5
Ruvuma	6	19.3
Kilimanjaro	8	25.8
Mbeya	6	19.3
Songwe	5	16.1

Characteristic	Health facility (N = 31)
	(N = 56)	Percentage
Microscopists
Age group
19–30	28	50.0
31–40	16	28.6
≥ 40	12	21.4
Sex
Male	45	80.4
Female	11	19.6
Education qualification
Certificate	34	60.7
Diploma	18	32.1
Advanced diploma/degree	4	7.2
Recent microscopy refresher training
Yes	15	26.8
No	41	73.2