Table 1 Expatriate health volunteers working overseas with volunteer organizations*
From: The contribution of international health volunteers to the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa
| Â | Expatriate health volunteers | Sub-Saharan Africa | Clinical work | Other, such as management education policy making | Comments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organization | Total | Doctors | Nurses | Other | % | Total number of medical staff (full-time equivalent) | Â | Â | Â |
Médecins sans Frontières (all sections) | 2026 | 27% | 30% | 43% | 60% | 1216 | 60% | 40% | 40% non – medical ('public health technicians'). |
Voluntary Service Overseas (UK) | 215 | 16% | 14% | 70% | 78% | 168 | 20% | Â | Worldwide: 1382 VSO volunteers. |
United Nations Volunteers | 400 | 51% | 16% | 33% | 38% | 152 | Â | Â | >5600 skilled professionals per year |
Oxfam International GB | 272 | Â | Â | Â | 53% | 145 | Â | 100% | Organization is not a medical NGO, data refer to health advisers, promoters. |
Handicap International (France + Belgium) | 179 | Â | Â | 100% | Â | 118 | Â | 100% | Almost all staff are paramedic (kine, ortho, psychologists). |
Medici con l'Africa CUAMM (Italy) | 84 | 67% | 10% | 23% |  | 84 | 30–40% | 60–70% |  |
Médecins du Monde (France) | 149 | 30% | 20% | 50% | 34% | 51 | 50% | 50% |  |
Action contre la Faim (France) | 42 | 19% | 81% | 0% | 79% | 33 | 0% | 100% | Â |
Doctors without Vacation (Belgium) | (400)†| 46% | 44% | 10% | 100% | 30 | 100% |  | Exclusively short term missions (2 to 4 weeks). |
Christian Blind Mission (all sections) | (116)†| 37% | 3% | 60% | 64% | 25 | 53% | 47% | Many short time missions. |
World Vision (Europe) | 24 | Â | Â | Â | 100% | 24 | Â | 100% | Â |
Cordaid (Netherlands) | 35 | 50% | 25% | 25% | 40% | 14 | 75% | 25% | Â |
Save the Children (UK) | 12 | 50% | 50% | Â | Â | 12 | Â | 100% | Advisors, programme managers. |
TOTAL | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2072 | Â | Â | Â |