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. 2021 Dec 15;21:411. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01555-3

Table 1.

Human resource capacity for LARC service provision in n = 30 rural health centers, 2016

N % Median per health center IQR
Health center volume and LARC provision
Catchment population of health centers 931,873 27,799 18,340
Villages in health center catchment areas 1019 33 13
IUD insertions in last 3 months 73 1 2
IUD removals in last 3 months 9 0 0
Implant insertions in last 3 months 1019 24 33
Implant removals/replacements in last 3 months 219 4 7
Service integration
Services integrated with FP
 FP and antiretroviral treatment 13 43%
 FP and antenatal care 9 30%
 FP and HIV testing 3 10%
Human resources—nurses
Nurses 414 13 5
Nurses trained in:
 CVCT provision 100 24% 2 3
 FP provision 234 57% 5 10
 IUD insertion 113 27% 3 4
 Implant insertion 170 41% 4 4
Nurses actively inserting
 IUD 72 17% 2 2
 Implant 185 45% 5 4
Health centers needing nurse refresher trainings needed in FP, IUD, and implant 30 100% 30 0
Nurses in health center that could be trained to insert LARC 337 81% 12 5
Human resources—CHW
CHW working with all health centers 3071 101 39
Villages with CHW trained in FP 955 94% 30 12
CHW formally trained in LARC promotion 0 0% 0.0 0.0
Clinics with CHW FP activities
Dispensing oral contraceptive pills
 CHW already conducting 30 100%
Administering Depo-Provera injections
 CHW already conducting 30 100%
Providing LARC education and promotion
 CHW already conducting 3 10%
 This could be done by CHW 27 90%

CVCT couples’ voluntary HIV counseling and testing, LARC long-acting reversible contraceptive, FP family planning, IUD intra-uterine device, IQR interquartile range, CHW Community Health Worker