Public sector nurses in Swaziland: can the downturn be reversed?

Table 2 Projections of the nursing workforce in the public and mission health sectors until 2010, based on findings in 2004

	Mid-2004	Mid-2005	Mid-2006	Mid-2007	Mid-2008	Mid-2009	Mid-2010
Total nurses in the public and mission sectors	758	694	634	577	524	473	426
Total inflow	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
Training output	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
Immigration	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total outflow	144	140	137	133	130	127	125
Normal retirement*	15	14	13	12	10	9	9
Retirement/death due to AIDS**	29	26	24	22	20	18	16
Emigration	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Net loss per year	64	60	57	53	50	47	45

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