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Table 2 Health workforce numbers and density by selected Pacific Island Countries: 2000-2009

From: Analysis of policy implications and challenges of the Cuban health assistance program related to human resources for health in the Pacific

Country

Doctors

 

Nurses and midwives

 
 

Number

Density (per 10 000 Population)

Number

Density (per 10 000 Population)

Australia^

68 689

33

272 741

130

Fiji

380

5

1660

20

Kiribati

20

2

260

30

Nauru

10

8

63

48

Papua New Guinea

275

1

2841

5

Solomon Islands

60

1

630

13

Tuvalu

10

9

50

45

Vanuatu

30

1

360

17

  1. Source: WHO World Health Statistics 2010 [5]. ^Australia Institute of Health and Welfare 2010 [16, 17] (Note: figures are for 2008. The density per 10 000 was obtained by dividing the figures by total population of 21 million).
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