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Estimates of physician and "substitute" stocks – selected countries |
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| Country |
Clinical officer/Medical assistants |
Assistant medical officer (postbasic) |
Doctors |
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| Ghana |
442@ |
0 |
*1600 |
| Tanzania |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
| Kenya |
4300# (2300 in public sector) |
N/A |
*4900 (1200 in public sector) |
| Malawi |
442# |
315 |
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| Mozambique |
627(basic cadre)@ |
301 (postbasic)@ |
278@ |
| Central African Rep. |
182 |
121 |
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| Uganda (1991) |
750 |
0 |
671 |
| Zambia |
1458 |
40 (CO anesthetists) |
900 (approx) |
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# Includes both "basic" and "postbasic" cadre types; @ public sector figures only. Data on this table are from: Zambia: WHO Representative's Office; Ghana Health Service HRD Database Kenya Medical Training Centre, Nairobi; Mozambique: CIHI Country Health Profile Series. Country Health Profile-1995. Center for International Health Information. 1601 N. Kent Street, Suite 1014. Arlington, VA 22209.; Uganda: CIHI Country Health Profile Series. Country Health Profile-1995. | |||
Dovlo Human Resources for Health 2004 2:7 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-2-7 |
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