TABLE 7.
Different Cadres of Clinical Care Providers and Antiretroviral Therapy Dispensers Employed in Differentiated Service Delivery Models for HIV Treatment in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia
| Provider | Number of Organizational-Models | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility-based Individual | Out-of-facility-based Individual | Health Care Worker-led Group | Client-led Group | Total | |
| Clinical care provider | |||||
| Medical doctor/medical officer/clinical officer | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Nurse | 7 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 51 |
| Community health worker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Non-specified clinician | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| Unclear/not reported | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| Antiretroviral therapy dispenser | |||||
| Pharmacist/pharmacy assistant | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Nurse/clinician | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Community health worker | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Designated patient | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| Lay counselor/trained non-clinical personnel | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| Medication locker/remote pharmacist | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unclear/not reported | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23 |