A scoping study on task shifting; the case of Uganda

Table 1 Approved and filled positions by trained personnel in the public health sector, October 2010

Cadre of staff	Mulago Hospital		Butabika Hospital		Regional Referral Hospitals		District Health Offices		District		Total	Total	%
									Health Units		Norms	filled	filled
	Norms	Filled	Norms	Filled	Norms	Filled	Norms	Filled	Norms	Filled
Doctors	241	203	26	15	520	204	80	63	824	306	1,691	791	52%
Clinical officers	45	56	12	14	395	261	0	5	2,598	1,678	3,050	2,014	66%
Nurses	940	846	154	127	1,371	1,102	80	10	9,098	4,721	11643	6,806	58%
Midwives	121	95	0	0	701	477	0	0	4,536	3,002	5,358	3,574	67%
Pharmacists	8	4	2	2	36	13	0	2	40	3	86	24	28%
Dispensers	34	26	5	5	80	36	0	0	244	78	363	145	40%
Lab. scientists	63	55	6	6	180	108	0	1	2,236	958	2,485	1,128	45%
Radiographers	33	28	2	3	53	35	0	0	80	22	168	88	52%
Health assistants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,573	1,570	2,573	1,570	61%
Other health related staff	252	168	87	92	356	173	320	210	4,951	1,816	5,966	2,459	41%
Grand total	1,737	1,481	294	264	3,692	2,409	480	291	27,180	14,154	33,383	18,599	56%

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