Table 3

Number of employed registered nurses by African country of graduation and province, 2003*


Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia

Dem. Rep. of Congo
9
5




Zimbabwe

7




Ethiopia

22




Ghana

47



6
Kenya

24


11
12
Nigeria

42



7
Senegal
39





Somalia

11




South Africa

76
8
11
21
79
Total*
67
256
18
18
42
112

* Including nurses from SSA countries with fewer than five nurses in any province or territory. Source: CIHI. Statistics gathered at special request of authors and issued by CIHI on 12 August 2005.

Labonté et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:22   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-22