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Table 1 Distribution of health training institutions by country

From: An overview of health workforce education and accreditation in Africa: implications for scaling-up capacity and quality

Country name

Medical training institutions

Health sciences institutions

Nursing and midwifery institutions

Total

Algeria

15

3

113

131

Angola

18

95

8

121

Benin

2

10

2

14

Botswana

2

3

7

12

Burkina Faso

4

48

51

103

Burundi

4

25

19

48

Cape-Verde

5

8

5

18

Central African Republic

1

6

1

8

Chad

2

3

134

139

Congo

2

1

6

9

Cote d'Ivoire

4

0

1

5

Democratic Republic of Congo

102

110

658

870

Eritrea*

1

1

Eswatini

3

4

7

Ethiopia

36

20

40

96

Gabon

1

1

2

4

Gambia

1

2

4

7

Ghana

13

23

103

139

Guinea

3

38

42

83

Guinea-Bissau

2

2

3

7

Kenya*

25

25

Lesotho

2

6

8

Liberia

1

8

19

28

Madagascar

7

2

94

103

Malawi

4

4

9

17

Mali

5

80

85

Mauritania

1

1

4

6

Mauritius

2

1

1

4

Mozambique

15

50

34

99

Namibia

1

11

12

24

Niger

3

6

37

46

Nigeria

52

714

262

1028

Rwanda

1

2

5

8

Senegal

5

3

55

63

Seychelles

1

1

2

Sierra Leone

1

1

South Africa*

28

28

South Sudan

3

26

26

55

Tanzania

12

185

84

281

Togo

2

4

14

20

Uganda

12

71

83

Zambia

8

36

72

116

Zimbabwe

4

12

33

49

Total

410

1469

2122

4001

  1. *Institutions in these countries provided training programmes for all health occupational categories/cadres