Task sharing in Zambia: HIV service scale-up compounds the human resource crisis

Table 3 Numbers and population density of health workers by category and district, 2005 and 2007.

	Lusaka (n = 9)		Kabwe (n = 9)		Mumbwa (n = 12)		Total (n = 30)
Staff numbers & density	2005	2007	2005	2007	2005	2007	2005	2007
Doctors	18	16	7	9	5*	6*	30*	31*
Nurses	160	166	260	240	68	65	*488*	*471*
Clinical officers	41	41	26	21	25	20	92	82
*Total clinical staff numbers: doctors, clinical officers and nurses*	*219*	*223*	*293*	*270*	98	91	*610*	*584*
Clinical staff density: number per 10 000 population ^§	4.4	4.4	9.2	7.3	2.5	2.2	*4.9*	*4.6*
Laboratory technicians	10*	14*	23	19	3*	5*	36 ⁺	38 ⁺
Pharmacy technicians	18*	21*	10	11	4*	6*	32 ⁺	38 ⁺
Dedicated HIV counsellors	45	50	12*	22*	14*	21*	71 ⁺	93 ⁺
Records/registry clerks	38	42	16	18	2*	3*	56*	63 ⁺
*Total*	*330*	*350*	*354*	*340*	*121*	*126*	*805*	*816* ^*

* represents 1 facility short of the total number of facilities
+ represents 2 facilities short of the total number of facilities
^§ 20 facilities: Lusaka = 5 facilities, Kabwe = 6 facilities, Mumbwa = 9 facilities. Other facilities lacked catchment populations

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