Usizo Lwethu Clinic staffing
The core clinic staff comprises:
- One primary health care trained, registered nurse who is also Clinic Co-ordinator
- One experienced, previously retired registered nurse
- Two previously retired registered nurses who work part-time as needed
- One social worker (focusing on a Directly Observed Treatment programme)
- Four community health care workers, also trained as VCT counsellors
We have relied up to now on a volunteer driver for the outreach work but for 2017 are factoring into our budget a paid driver and also an additional community counsellor
- Volunteers supplement our core staff by about 50%.
- We regularly have a volunteer doctor 3 days a week.
- In 2016, we have also had help from six UK doctors, four Harvard Medical School interns, a doctor from Cameroon, a nurse, a health educator from the Islamic Medical Association and a pharmacist.
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