Table 2 |
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Density of the global health workforce across WHO administrative regions‡ |
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| Region |
Total health workforce |
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| Number |
Density (per 1,000 population) |
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| Africa |
1 640 000 |
2.3 |
| Eastern Mediterranean |
2 100 000 |
4.0 |
| South-East Asia |
7 040 000 |
4.3 |
| Western Pacific |
10 070 000 |
5.8 |
| Europe |
16 630 000 |
18.9 |
| Americas |
21 740 000 |
24.8 |
| World |
59 220 000 |
9.3 |
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‡Adapted from WHR 2006, page 5 |
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El-Jardali et al. Human Resources for Health 2007 5:9 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-5-9 |
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