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Table 3 Staffing norms and number and cadre of clinical staff employed in health centres and health posts

From: Human resource and governance challenges in the delivery of primary eye care: a mixed methods feasibility study in Nigeria

 

Health centres (n = 33)

Health posts (n = 15)

Total (N = 48)

*Norm

Mean (range) of available staff

% meeting norms

*Norm

Mean (range) of available staff

% meeting norms

% meeting norms

Doctors

1

0.24 (0–1)

24%

0

**NA

*NA

24%

Nurse midwives

4

1.1 (0–3)

0%

0

0.07 (0–1)

*NA

*NA

(J)CHEW / CHO

10

1.9 (0–9)

0%

1

1.6 (0–4)

93.7%

29%

  1. *Norm = This represents the normative standards for both health centres and health posts in Nigeria [16]
  2. **NA = not applicable as health posts are not required to be staffed by doctors or nurse midwives