Most of the children were referred by senior clinical medical officers (audiology).

A clinical officer has a broad and comprehensive training and knowledge in medicine.

There were 8,600 clinical officers on the register in 2010 compared to 7,100 medical officers.

All clinical officers must work as full-time interns for one year at an approved public or mission hospital before getting a license to practice medicine.

By 1918, Uganda was training clinical officers who were called medical assistants at the time.

Graduates must then complete an internship year before they are registered as qualified clinical officers.

The island of 20,000 people has seven nurses and one clinical officer, who are overrun with patients.

All government health centres have a clinical officer as the in-charge and provide comprehensive primary care.

Out-patient consultation rooms where patients are seen and examined by clinical officers.

"If you leave Malawi as a clinical officer, what can you do?"