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Table 2 Healthcare workers available at the dispensaries and health center visited

From: Primary health care facilities capacity gaps regarding diagnosis, treatment and knowledge of schistosomiasis among healthcare workers in North-western Tanzania: a call to strengthen the horizontal system

Healthcare worker type

Type of primary PHC facility

 

Dispensary

Health centre

Medical doctors

0 (0 %)

4(7.6 %)

Clinical officers/assistant medical officers

37(21 %)

8(15.4 %)

Enrolled nurses

60(34.1 %)

10(19.2 %)

Midwives

16(9.1 %)

5(9.6 %)

Medical Laboratory technicians

17(9.6 %)

10(19.2 %)

Pharmacists

1(0.5 %)

5(9.6 %)

Medical attendants

45(25.5 %)

10(19.2 %)

Total

176 (100 %)

52 (100 %)