Global Fund financing and human resources for health investments in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Okunogbe, Adeyemi; Bowser, Diana; Gedik, Gulin; Naseri, Saha; Abu-Agla, Ayat; Safi, Najibullah

doi:10.1186/s12960-020-00483-x

Human Resources for Health

Table 2 Global Fund-recipient countries and human resources for health data

From: Global Fund financing and human resources for health investments in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Country	1st year of Global Fund grant	Most recent year of Global Fund grant	Physicians per 1000 pop. (year)^a [pre funding]	Physicians per 1000 pop. (year)^a [most recent]	Nurses/midwives per 1000 pop. (year)^b [pre funding]	Nurses/midwives per 1000 pop. (year)^b (most recent)	HR/training investment as percentage of total expenditure^c	Region^d	Income^e	HSS/RSSH grant^f
Afghanistan	2004	2017	0.20 (2001)	0.28 (2016)	0.60 (2005)	0.32 (2017)	33.4%	SEA	Low-income	Yes
Djibouti	2007	2017	0.23 (2006)	0.22 (2014)	0.57 (2005)	0.54 (2014)	33.5%	MENA	Lower-middle-income	No
Egypt	2004	2016	0.52 (2003)	0.79 (2017)	1.95 (2004)	1.40 (2017)	38.1%	MENA	Lower-middle-income	No
Iran	2005	2018	0.87 (2004)	1.14 (2015)	1.38 (2004)	1.87 (2015)	34.5%	SEA	Upper-middle-income	No
Iraq	2008	2017	0.64 (2010)	0.82 (2017)	No data	1.68 (2017)	27.4%	MENA	Upper-middle-income	No
Jordan	2003	2014	2.22 (2002)	2.34 (2017)	2.84 (2002)	3.39 (2017)	30.5%	MENA	Upper-middle-income	No
Morocco	2007	2017	0.53 (2004)	0.73 (2017)	0.81 (2004)	1.10 (2017)	33.6%	MENA	Lower-middle-income	Yes
Pakistan	2004	2018	0.68 (2001)	0.98 (2015)	0.44 (2001)	0.50 (2015)	29.4%	HIA	Lower-middle-income	Yes
Somalia	2004	2017	0.03 (2006)	0.02 (2014)	0.09 (2006)	0.06 (2014)	34.0%	MENA	Low-income	No
Sudan	2005	2018	0.25 (2004)	0.41 (2015)	1.04 (2004)	0.83 (2015)	20.9%	MENA	Lower-middle-income	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	2007	2016	1.54 (2005)	1.22 (2016)	1.89 (2005)	1.46 (2016)	24.5%	MENA	Low-income	No
Tunisia	2007	2017	0.93 (2005)	1.27 (2016)	2.85 (2004)	2.64 (2016)	40.7%	MENA	Lower-middle-income	No
Yemen	2004	2016	0.34 (2004)	0.31 (2014)	0.69 (2004)	0.73 (2014)	16.2%	MENA	Low-income	No
Average (range for all 21 EMR countries)	2003–2008	2014–2018	1.08 (0.03–3.42)	1.20 (0.001–2.58)	2.09 (0.09–5.64)	2.74 (0.06–3.39)	28.0%

HSS/RSSH health systems strengthening/resilient and sustainable systems for health
^aTotal number of physicians per 1000 population from WHO HRH workforce database and EMR Health Observatory for year with available data most proximate to funding year [19]
^bTotal number of nurses/midwives per 1000 population from WHO HRH workforce database and EMR Health Observatory for year with available data most proximate to funding year [19]
^cBased on authors’ calculations, expenditures on HR, and training activities as a share of total expenditures from 2002–2017 as categorized by the Global Fund’s Enhanced Reporting Framework
^dGlobal Fund regional team groupings: SEA South East Asia, MENA Middle East and North Africa, HIA High Impact Asia
^eWorld Bank income-level classification (2018) [17]
^fHealth systems strengthening (HSS) or resilient and sustainable systems for health (RSSH) grant awarded by the Global Fund

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