Table 2 Staff structure of model LSM program for 15 city wards of Dar es Salaam
From: Large-scale use of mosquito larval source management for malaria control in Africa: a cost analysis
| Administrative level | Staff | Time or number of staff required | Role & responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| PART TIME STAFF CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||
| International | LSM expert | 3 months/year | Advice on technical and programme management. Capacity building, support and trouble shooting. |
| National | Director of NMCP | 1 hour/week | Approval of programme, reading progress reports, site visits. |
| Procurement Officer | 1 week/year | Central procurement of larvicide and equipment | |
| Regional | City Medical Officer | 1 week/year | Approval of programme, reading progress reports, signing documents, site visits. |
| FULL TIME PROGRAM STAFF | |||
| Regional | City Program Manager | 1 | Day to day programme management, financial management. Recruiting and training Divisional Heads |
| City Surveillance Officer | 2 | Assisting programme manager in field supervision of activities, training, community sensitization, supervision of adult vector monitoring, reports. | |
| Adult mosquito surveillance officer | 1 | Laboratory identification of adult mosquitoes | |
| City Mapping Officer | 1* | Mapping of target area | |
| Mapping Technician | 1* | Mapping of target area | |
| Driver | 3 | Transporting staff and equipment | |
| Administrator | 1 | Support to programme management and finance | |
| General hand | 1 | Support to office staff | |
|
Municipal/
District | Municipal Coordinator | 3 | Program oversight at municipal level, review of data sheets, report writing |
| Municipal Inspectors | 6 | Supervision and training of field staff, weekly reports. | |
| Ward | Ward Supervisor | 15 | Supervision of larval survey CORPs and LCPs, distribution of larvicides, collation of field data, weekly reports |
| TCU | Larval Surveillance | 30 | Larval Habitat Spot Checks, reporting to supervisor. |
| Larval Control | 89 | Treating breeding sites with larvicide, reporting to supervisor, collecting larvicide from store | |