Doubling the number of health graduates in Zambia: estimating feasibility and costs

Table 1 National Training Plan 2008: current and target level of training output by cadre at public training institutions, Zambia

Cadre	Annual training institution output
	2007 Output	2012 Output, Post Scale-up
Medical doctor	67	150
Nurse	900	1,636
Midwife	300	765
Medical licentiate	20	20
Clinical officer	133	190
Post basic nurse (teaching staff)	35	50
Laboratory staff	120	264
Pharmaceutical staff	120	150
Environmental health staff	96	240
Radiography staff	40	80
Paramedical staff	66	130
Total	1897	3675

The individual school assessments determined that Zambia could increase aggregate annual health training enrollment at the 30 public training institutions by up to 94% over five years with sufficient support, an increase from 1897 students in 2007 to 3675 students in 2012.