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Table 3 Validated support activities and category allowance standards for primary healthcare centre

From: Applying the workload indicators of staffing needs method in determining frontline health workforce staffing for primary level facilities in Rivers state Nigeria

Workload components

Actual Working Time per Cadre

NURSES/MIDWIVES

CHO/CHEW

Community Mobilization and Education

8 h/month

12 h/month

Group Health Education

2 h/week

1 h/week

Community Development Committees (CDC) meetings

2 h/month

2 h/month

Ward Development Committees (WDC) meetings

2 h/month

2 h/month

Daily cleaning

9 mins/day

9 mins/day

Outreaches/Community-based services

8 h/month

12 h/month

Handing over/taking over, Report writing and ward round (inpatient and outpatient)

90 mins/day

90 mins/day

Follow-up care/Home visits

2 h/week

2 h/week

Staff Meetings

2 h/month

2 h/month

Documentation on patients

1 h/month

1 h/month