Programme level implementation of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) use: outcomes and cost of training health workers at lower level health care facilities in Uganda

Table 1 Health worker (HW) cadres at the lower level health care facilities at the 5 districts in Uganda who participated in the training on RDT use

Characteristics	Iganga	Jinja	Kapchorwa	Mbale	Mubende	Overall (%)
Health facilities	4	4	4	5	4	21
Health worker cadres
Clinical officers	2	0	2	2	2	8(6%)
Nurses	12	3	12	12	9	48(36%)
Laboratory technicians¥	0	0	0	2	0	2(1%)
Nursing Assistants∏	11	7	13	24	11	65(48%)
Total number of HWs trained	25	10	27	51	22	135

¥ Lower level health care facilities in Mbale did not have facilities to perform microscopy although the laboratory technicians were available.
∏These include vaccinators

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