Table 2 Number of occupational therapy and physiotherapy professionals and educational programs in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa countries
Country | Occupational therapy | Physiotherapy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
# of entry-level programs | # of practitioners | # of entry-level programs | # of practitioners | |
Botswana | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Cameroon | 0 | NA | 0 | 102 |
Eritrea | 0 | NA | 1 | NA |
Ethiopia | 0a | NA | 2 | 300 |
The Gambia | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
Ghana | 1 | 4 | 2 | 200 |
Kenya | 2 | 850 | 3 | 600 |
Lesotho | 0 | 5 | 0 | NA |
Liberia | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
Malawi | 0 | 10 | 1 | 92 |
Mauritius | 1 | 49 | 1 | 90 |
Namibia | 0 | 50 | 0 | 105 |
Nigeria | 2 | 20 | 8 | 1250 |
Seychelles | 0 | 4 | 0 | NA |
Sierra Leone | 0 | NA | 0 | 5 |
South Africa | 8 | 4 575 | 8 | 6 941 |
Swaziland | 0 | NA | 0 | 23 |
Tanzania | 0 | 96 | 1 | 41 |
Uganda | 1 | 139 | 1 | 100 |
Zambia | 0 | 5 | 2 | 370 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 124 | 1 | 320 |