Table 1 Distribution of ENT related human resource in surveyed hospitals in Zambia

Core ENT workforce

Absolute count (n)

Count (n) registered with HPCZ^a

Countrywide distribution and comments

 Specialist (qualified) ENT surgeons

7

4^a

7 from hospital responses – 4 in Lusaka Province, 1 in Copperbelt Province, 1 in Central Province and 1 in Western Province

 Registrars stationed in ENT

0

–

 Non-specialist medical doctors not in specialist training stationed in ENT

11

–

3 in Copperbelt Province and 8 shared among 3 hospitals in Lusaka urban district

 Medical Licentiates

0

–

 Clinical officers formally trained in ENT

5

–

3 based in Copperbelt Province, 1 in Eastern Province, 1 in Western Province

 Audiologists

2

1^a

 Speech therapists

1

0^a

A Lusaka hospital reported having 1 HPCZ unregistered speech therapist

 Nurses dedicated to ENT

8

–

3 in Copperbelt, 2 in Central, 2 in Lusaka and 1 in Western Provinces

Supportive Professionals

 Plastics and reconstructive surgeons

1

1^a

 Neurosurgeons

2

2^a

Both based in Lusaka city

 Ophthalmologists

20

25^a

 Thoracic surgeons

0

0^a

 Maxillofacial Surgeons

3

3^a

 Vascular surgeons

0

0^a

 General surgeons

30

38^a