Table 2 |
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Country of medical school of sub-Saharan African international medical graduates (IMGs) in the United States and Canada |
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| Country of training |
Number of African-trained IMGs in USA1 |
Number of African-trained IMGs in Canada2 |
Number of physicians remaining in home country3 |
% of total African-trained now in USA or Canada4 |
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| Nigeria |
2158 |
123 |
22 894 |
9 |
| South Africa |
1943 |
1845 |
23 844 |
14 |
| Ghana |
478 |
37 |
1210 |
30 |
| Ethiopia |
257 |
9 |
1564 |
15 |
| Uganda |
133 |
42 |
722 |
20 |
| Kenya |
93 |
19 |
4001 |
3 |
| Zimbabwe |
75 |
26 |
1694 |
6 |
| Zambia |
67 |
7 |
676 |
10 |
| Liberia |
47 |
8 |
72 |
43 |
| Other 12 countries* |
83 |
35 |
12 912 |
1 |
| Total/Average |
5334 |
2151 |
69 589 |
10 |
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1. American Medical Association: Physicians' professional record (AMA-PPD). 2002 2. Buske, Lynda. Associate director of research, Canadian Medical Association. Personal communication. February 3, 2003. 3. Number of physicians from the World Health Organization. Available at: http:/ / www3.who.int/ whosis/ health_personnel/ health_personnel.cfm?path=whosis,he alth_personnel&language=english webcite Calculation: [(Col. 1 + Col. 2)/ (Col. 1 + Col. 2 + Col. 3)]*100 = percent * Other 12 countries with at least one graduate in the United States. |
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Hagopian et al. Human Resources for Health 2004 2:17 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-2-17 |
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