Removing financial barriers to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services: the challenges and policy implications for human resources for health

Table 2 Public sector remuneration (salary midpoints incorporating allowances) in international dollars and as a ratio to GNI per capita (all current: December 2011)

	Value of salary and allowances in international dollars			Salary expressed as ratio to per capita gross national income
	Doctor^a	Nurse	Midwife	Doctor	Nurse	Midwife
Ghana	3932	2171	2171	28.4	15.7	15.7
Nepal	4408	3851		43.7	38.2
Sierra Leone	3179	429^c	578^d	46.0	6.2^c	8.4^d
Zambia	5346	2167		46.5	18.4
Zimbabwe^b	218	176		4.4	3.6

^aGeneral medical doctor or closest equivalent available; ^bZimbabwe estimates are expressed in US dollars and as a ratio to per capita gross domestic product at current exchange rates; ^cstate-enrolled nurse; ^dstate-registered nurse and community midwife.