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Table 3 Doctors, nurses and midwives per 1000 population in selected African countries

From: Using data to support evidence-informed decisions about skilled birth attendants in fragile contexts: a situational analysis from Democratic Republic of the Congo

Countries

Staff to population ratio (doctors, nurses and midwives per 1000 population)

Republic of Congo

1.8 (2011)

Angola

1.5 (2017)

DRC

1.05 (2015)

Zambia

1.0 (2016)

Rwanda

0.9 (2017)

Burundi

0.8 (2016)

Uganda

0.7 (2015)

Central Africa republic

0.3 (2015)

Sub-Saharan Africa

1.2 (2015)

SDG Threshold

4.45 (2016)

  1. Source: Banque Mondiale ([33, 34])