The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain

Table 2 Country of medical school of sub-Saharan African international medical graduates (IMGs) in the United States and Canada

Country of training	Number of African-trained IMGs in USA¹	Number of African-trained IMGs in Canada²	Number of physicians remaining in home country³	% of total African-trained now in USA or Canada⁴
Nigeria	2158	123	22 894	9
South Africa	1943	1845	23 844	14
Ghana	478	37	1210	30
Ethiopia	257	9	1564	15
Uganda	133	42	722	20
Kenya	93	19	4001	3
Zimbabwe	75	26	1694	6
Zambia	67	7	676	10
Liberia	47	8	72	43
Other 12 countries*	83	35	12 912	1
Total/Average	5334	2151	69 589	10

1. American Medical Association: Physicians' professional record (AMA-PPD). 2002
2. Buske, Lynda. Associate director of research, Canadian Medical Association. Personal communication. February 3, 2003.
3. Number of physicians from the World Health Organization. Available at: http://www3.who.int/whosis/health_personnel/health_personnel.cfm?path=whosis,health_personnel&language=english
Calculation: [(Col. 1 + Col. 2)/ (Col. 1 + Col. 2 + Col. 3)]*100 = percent
* Other 12 countries with at least one graduate in the United States.

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