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Table 3 Health workforce profiles and distribution in Forecariah and Yomou districts, Guinea, December 2016

From: Health workforce development and retention in Guinea: a policy analysis post-Ebola

 

Forecariah number (%)

Yomou number (%)

Health workforce per status

 Civil servants*

83 (29)

43 (32)

 Contractual/volunteers

206 (71)

92 (68)

 Total

289 (100)

135 (100)

Health workforce distribution per status and categories in rural areas

 Civil servants

  Type A

5 (6)

0 (0)

  Type B

4 (5)

7 (16)

  Type C

14 (17)

9 (20)

  Informal

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Sub-total

23 (27)

16 (37)

 Contractual/volunteers

  Type A

0 (0)

1 (1)

  Type B

22 (11)

12 (13)

  Type C

31 (15)

25 (27)

  Informal

99 (48)

36 (39)

 Sub-total

152 (74)

74 (80)

Health workforce distribution per status and categories in the urban center of the district

 Civil servants

  Type A

12 (14)

5 (12)

  Type B

19 (23)

11 (26)

  Type C

30 (36)

11 (26)

  Informal

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Sub-total

61 (73)

27 (63)

 Contractual/volunteers

  Type A

7 (3)

0 (0)

  Type B

17 (8)

0 (0)

  Type C

18 (9)

18 (20)

  Informal

12 (6)

0 (0)

 Sub-total

54 (26)

18 (20)

  1. *83 health workers were present out of the 202 posted in Forecariah. In Yomou, this was 43 out of 111 health workers