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Table 1 Current estimates of health workforce in Pakistan

From: Case Study: Does training of private networks of Family Planning clinicians in urban Pakistan affect service utilization?

 

2000

2004

2007

Doctors

92,824

113,295

127,859

Nurses

37,528

48,446

62,651

Midwives

22,525

23,559

25,261

LHW

5,443

6,741

9,302

Population/doctor

1473

1316

1225

Population/nurses

3642

3076

2501

Population/midwife

6068

6326

6203

Population/LHW

25113

22108

16845

  1. [3] Sources: Economic Survey of Pakistan 2007-2008 and Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC), Islamabad
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