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Table 3 Distribution of semi-qualified and unqualified allopathic providers per 10 000 populations, various Bangladeshi divisions

From: The health workforce crisis in Bangladesh: shortage, inappropriate skill-mix and inequitable distribution

 

Semi-qualified allopathic providers*

Unqualified allopathic providers

 

Paraprofes-sionals

Community Health Workers

   
  

Govt.

Non-Govt.(including traditional birth attendants)

All

Village doctors** (rural medical practitioners/'Palli Chikitsok' village doctors)

Dug store salespeople, drug vendors

All

Division

       

   Barisal

0.7

4.5

37.9

42.4

15.5

6.5

22.1

   Chittagong

1.6

4.6

50.9

55.5

17.1

8.7

25.8

   Dhaka

0.8

2.6

26.6

29.2

9.8

11.9

21.8

   Khulna

0.6

3.0

46.3

49.9

11.3

12.3

23.6

   Rajshahi

1.3

3.0

48.3

51.4

13.5

13.4

26.9

   Sylhet

0.6

3.8

41.4

45.3

12.7

6.3

19.0

Location

       

   Rural

0.8

3.6

49.5

14.1

13.8

10.8

24.6

   Urban

1.6

2.0

10.1

12.1

8.8

13.2

22.1

Sex

       

   Male

0.3

1.2

0.2

1.4

12.0

11.0

23.0

   Female

0.7

2.0

39.4

41.4

0.4

0.4

0.9

   All

1.0

3.2

39.7

42.9

12.5

11.4

23.9

  1. *received varying length of training from formal institutions, GO or NGO
  2. **the Palli Chikitsok village doctors are included in this group because they are few in number, were trained on or before 1982 without any further re-training, and no different from the rural medical practitioners in practice
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