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From: Medical training for universal health coverage: a review of Cuba–South Africa collaboration

Country

Population

Doctors/10000

Beds/10000

Cuban Doctors 2016

African Doctors

Percent Cuban/African

Algeria

42,228,000

18.30

19

347

77277

0.4

Angolaa

30,809,000

2.15

8

815

6624

12.3

Botswana

2,254,000

3.69

18

50

832

6.0

Burkina Fasso

19,751,000

0.60

4

19

1185

1.6

Burundi

11,175,000

0.50

8

~

559

~

Cape Verdea

543,000

7.69

21

41

418

9.8

Chad

15,477,000

0.47

4

7

727

1.0

Congo

84,068,000

1.16

16

28

9752

0.3

Djibouti

958,000

2.20

14

26

211

12.3

Ethiopia

109,224,000

1.00

3

~

10922

~

Gabon

2,119,000

3.61

13

30

765

3.9

Gambiaa

2,280,000

1.07

11

64

244

26.2

Ghana

29,767,000

1.28

9

~

3810

~

Guinea Bissaua

1,874,000

2.00

10

26

375

6.9

Guinea Conakry

12,414,000

0.79

3

11

981

1.1

Guinea Ecuatoriala

1,308,000

4.00

21

135

523

25.8

Kenya

51,393,000

1.99

14

~

10227

~

Lesotho

2,108,000

0.68

13

~

143

~

Mali

19,077,000

1.39

1

~

2652

~

Mauritania

4,403,000

1.65

4

~

726

~

Mozambique

29,495,000

0.55

7

221

1622

13.6

Namibia

2,448,000

3.72

27

55

911

6.0

Niger

22,442,000

0.50

3

4

1122

0.4

Nigeria

195,874,000

3.83

~

75020

~

RASD

513,000

~

~

~

Rwanda

12,301,000

1.40

16

~

1722

~

San Tomé Príncipea

211,000

3.20

29

9

68

13.3

Seychelles

96,000

9.46

36

~

91

~

Sierra Leona

7,650,000

0.25

4

~

191

~

South Africa

57,779,000

8.02

28

337

46339

0.7

Swaziland

1,357,000

21

18

~

~

Tanzaniaa

56,318,000

26

~

~

Uganda

42,723,000

0.91

5

4

3888

0.1

Yemen

28,498,000

3.10

7

~

8834

~

Zimbabwe

14,439,000

0.76

17

25

1097

2.3

  1. Sources: -http://cubacoopera.uccm.sld.cu/datos-y-estadisticas/indicadores-de-servicio/?print=pdfIndicadores de Servicios en las Brigadas Médicas en el Exterior acumulados hasta el 31 de marzo de 2019 Data on number of doctors from: http://en.granma.cu/mundo/2016-07-15/cubas-international-health-cooperationPopulation data from -https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/sp.pop.totlHospital beds/10000 from Global Health Observatory data repository http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.countryDoctor/10000 from 2017 update, Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization, Geneva
  2. RASDSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (formerly Western Sahara)
  3. ainvolved in medical training
  4. ~ no Cuban doctors in Country at 20163
  5. ≈ no data available
  6. *Involved in medical training ~ no Cuban doctors in the country at 2016 ≈ no data available. Sources: [57] and Doctor/10000 from 2017 update, Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization, Geneva [60]