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Table 1 Staff numbers at each level and estimated numbers of trained staff in the previous three years (2000–2002)

From: The health workforce crisis in TB control: a report from high-burden countries

Country

Health service Level

 

Provincial

District

Health facility

Laboratory

 

Total

Trained (%)

Total

Trained (%)

Total

Trained (%)

Total

Trained (%)

Afghanistan

40

22 (55)

360

-

-

-

-

30 (--)

Bangladesh

460

150 (33)

460

120 (26)

39329

750 (2)

1015

450 (44)

Brazil

27

19 (70)

-

20 (--)

-

6379 (--)

-

-

Cambodia

-

72 (--)

-

236 (--)

1120

705 (63)

-

-

DR Congo

56

19 (34)

306

-

4306

-

1000

-

Ethiopia

12

4 (33)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Indonesia*

70

70 (100)

420

420 (100)

1256

1256 (100)

405

405 (100)

Kenya

10

7 (70)

94

-

45900

1148 (2)

2121

350 (16)

Myanmar

-

8 (--)

-

276 (--)

-

18056 (--)

-

327 (--)

Nigeria

37

19 (51)

664

149 (22)

27000

295 (1)

3000

160 (5)

Pakistan

6

0 (0)

60

60 (100)

21000

500 (2)

600

200 (33)

Philippines

156

-

748

-

13900

-

2200

-

Russian Fed.§

-

-

-

4062 (--)

-

4197 (--)

-

1167 (--)

South Africa

9

9 (100)

-

(70–80)

202265

(70–80)

-

-

UR Tanzania

25

2 (8)

156

58 (37)

-

50 (--)

-

-

Uganda

6

3 (50)

55

-

1050

-

350

-

Viet Nam

8704

2205 (25)

2705

1248 (46)

10510

10510 (100)

804

624 (77)

  1. * Percentage of training according to 2002 training plan
  2. ¶At regional level
  3. §Federation