Table 2

Countries in the deepest human resource crisis according to their numbers of doctors, nurses and midwives: ratios per thousand population.


Physicians
Nurses
Midwives
TOTAL

Burundi
0.03
0.19
0
0.22
Ethiopia
0.03
0.2
0.02
0.25
Niger
0.02
0.2
0.03
0.25
Chad
0.04
0.24
0.04
0.32
Liberia
0.03
0.17
0.13
0.33
Mozambique
0.03
0.21
0.12
0.36
Senegal
0.06
0.25
0.07
0.38
United Republic of Tanzania
0.02
0.3
0.07
0.39
Togo
0.04
0.33
0.05
0.42
Rwanda
0.05
0.42
0.01
0.48
Central African Republic
0.08
0.23
0.18
0.49

Source: Author's analysis of HRH global atlas, latest year available http://www.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp webcite

McCoy et al. Human Resources for Health 2008 6:16   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-6-16

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