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Table 2 Facility types and staff categories for the WISN study

From: Adopting workload-based staffing norms at public sector health facilities in Bangladesh: evidence from two districts

Type of facility (N = 24)

Study sites

Staff category

District hospital (n = 2)

Jhenaidah District Hospital (100 bed) and

Moulvibazar 250-bed District Hospital

Consultants (Surgery, Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ear Nose and Throat, Medicine, Pediatrics, Cardiology, Orthopedics)

General Physicians (Medical Officer), Emergency Medical Officer, Resident Medical Officer)

Nursing Staff (Senior Staff Nurse, Nursing Supervisor)

Maternal and Child Welfare Center (n = 2)

Jhenaidah and Moulvibazar

Medical Officer (MO)

Family Welfare Visitor (FWV)

Upazila Health Complex (UpHC) (n = 4)

Shailkupa UpHC and Kotchandpur UpHC from Jhenaidah

Kulaura UpHC, and Sreemangal UpHC from Moulvibazar

General Physicians,

Nursing Staff (Senior Staff Nurse, Nursing Supervisor)

Sub-Assistant Community Medical Officer (SACMO)

Union Sub-Center (n = 4) and Union Health and Family Welfare Center (n = 4)

Jhenaidah: Kacherkhol, Sabdalpur, Moharajpur and Dudhshar,

From Moulvibazar: Prithempasha, Bhunabir, Chandnighat and Ashidron

SACMO, FWV

Community clinic (n = 8)

From Jhenaidah: Khandakbariya, Kagmari, Kulbaria, and Korotipara, Sripur,

From Moulvibazar: Igragaon, Dakkhin Chamatkar, and Akbarpur

Community Health Care Provider

Family Welfare Assistant

  1. This assessment put focus on the above categories of health workforce as they have been the leading frontline health care providers