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A Ministry of Health will have a certain annual budget, and from this budget a certain number of each type of health worker is approved to work at each of the health facilities. This is the "establishment" or "staffing norm".

The reason that there is an establishment type is that the Ministry of Health may need to track several different (but related) numbers. For example the number of "budgeted" positions is what is mentioned above. There may also be a set of numbers of "planned" positions -- these are positions that are not yet funded, but are a part of the Ministry's planned or idealized workforce torwards which they are aiming for.