Table 4 |
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Estimates of health personnel per 100 000 population in selected African countries |
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| Country |
Year |
Physicians |
Nurses |
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| Angola |
1997 |
7.7 |
114.5 |
| Botswana |
1994 |
23.8 |
219.1 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
1996 |
6.9 |
44.2 |
| Ghana |
1996 |
6.2 |
72.0 |
| Lesotho |
1995 |
5.4 |
60.1 |
| Kenya |
1995 |
13.2 |
90.1 |
| Namibia |
1997 |
29.5 |
168.0 |
| South Africa |
1996 |
56.3 |
471.8 |
| Swaziland |
1996 |
15.1 |
... |
| Tanzania |
1995 |
4.1 |
85.2 |
| Zambia |
1995 |
6.9 |
113.1 |
| Zimbabwe |
1995 |
13.9 |
128.7 |
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Source: WHO estimates of health personnel; 1998 | |||
Olsen et al. Human Resources for Health 2005 3:5 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-3-5 |
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