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Table 1 Key characteristics of the three study districts in Ghana

From: Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana

  

District

 

Total

Akwapim North

Upper Manya Krobo

Kwahu West

Number of district health managers

21

8

7

6

Health services

59

22

11

26

     Health centres

22 (37.3 %)

9 (40.9 %)

5 (45.5 %)

8 (30.8 %)

     CHPS facilities

37 (62.7 %)

13 (59.1 %)

6 (54.5 %)

18 (69.2 %)

Health workersa

291

140

72

79

     Medical assistants

8 (2.7 %)

5 (3.6 %)

2 (2.8 %)

1 (1.3 %)

     Midwives

35 (12.2 %)

22 (15.7 %)

4 (5.6 %)

9 (11.4 %)

     Auxiliary nurses

21 (7.2 %)

11 (7.9 %)

5 (6.9 %)

5 (6.3 %)

     Community health nurses

152 (52.2 %)

48 (34.3 %)

52 (72.2 %)

52 (65.8 %)

     Health care assistants

9 (3.1 %)

8 (5.7 %)

1 (1.4 %)

0 (0 %)

     Technical staff

23 (7.9 %)

12 (8.6 %)

4 (5.6 %)

7 (8.9 %)

     Administrative staff

1 (0.3 %)

1 (0.7 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

     Orderlies

35 (12.0 %)

27 (19.3 %)

3 (4.2 %)

5 (6.3 %)

     Support workers

7 (2.4 %)

6 (4.3 %)

1 (1.4 %)

0 (0 %)

Population in catchment areas

317,989

142,275

78,158

97,556

  1. aIn Ghana, other essential professions such as medical doctors and enrolled nurses usually do not work in sub-district facilities and are thus not represented in the statistics
  2. CHPS: Community-based health planning and services