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Table 3 Stock of doctors and nurses in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe and yearly registration in the United Kingdom

From: Developing evidence-based ethical policies on the migration of health workers: conceptual and practical challenges

Country

Ghana

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Doctors/pop (000,000)

6.2

56.3

13.9

Doctors stock

1,220

22,464

1,1603

Annual doctor registration in UK

14

454

12

Ratio: annual doctor registration / doctors stock

1.1%

2.0%

0.7%

Nurses / pop (000,000)

72

471.8

128.7

Nurses stock

14,168

188,249

14,838

Annual nurse registration in UK

140

1086

382

Ratio: annual nurses registration / nurses stock

1.0%

0.6%

2.6%

  1. Source: WHO, HRH data base, 1998; (last accessed 26/11/02). General Medical Council UK; Personal Communication, General Medical Council: United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting