Can we halt health workforce deterioration in failed states? Insights from Guinea-Bissau on the nature, persistence and evolution of its HRH crisis

Table 1 Public health system selected in-patient and outpatient activity indicators (2015, 12 months)

Province	Population	Mother and child care				In-patient surgical care		In-patient obstetric care		In-patient general medicine care
Province	Population	Assisted delivery	Caesarean sections	Complications-related transference	Antenatal visits	Admissions	Beds capacity for the specialty^a	Admissions	Beds capacity for the specialty^a	Admissions	Beds capacity for the specialty^a
Bafatá	214 541	3257	228	267	25 217	103	156	2194	286	3941	1034
Bijagos	23 728	452	0	11	3315	1009	96	124	54	669	393
Biombo	99 364	2257	37	209	13 708	225	1	1792	99	2164	401
Bolama	10 900	169	0	4	942	0		26	108	291	487
Cacheu	197 634	3121	138	386	24 116	203	394	1024	569	2286	1055
Farim	51 545	847	4	139	7329	13		781	80	604	253
Gabú	219 586	3681	135	249	28 212	168	188	2322	277	906	135
Oio	178 348	2350	147	392	19 400	11	157	288	213	1206	862
Quinara	64 909	896	0	75	6554	45	61	712	345	2253	777
Greater Bissau (SAB)	389 918	9345	1467	451	29 707	1338	1130	9535	1582	10 177	3493
Tombali	97 282	1581	65	114	12 635	67	85	1190	296	1614	1059
Total	1 547 754	27 956	2221	2297	171 135	3182	2268	19 988	3909	26 111	9949

Source: INASA (2016): Boletins mensais de 2015
^aNumber of beds available are not cumulative, as these are used and separately counted for different specialties

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