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Table 3 Structure of STMMs dispatched to the South Pacific and Central America

From: A comparative study of Taiwan's short-term medical missions to the South Pacific and Central America

Country

STMM number

Size (Personnel)

Working days

Number of service locations

Patients

Central America, in total

25

271

231

107

52179

 Guatemala

5

10–12

10–13

4–10

3046–4659

 Honduras

3

10–12

7–10

2–4

1374–2629

 Haiti

3

9–15

8–12

1–4

183–4224

 Saint Lucia

1

10

6

5

252

 Nicaragua

2

11–14

8–10

2–4

2600–2661

 Panama

2

8–10

9–10

5–10

1566–1566

 El Salvador

2

11–13

10

4

3083–3513

 Belize

1

11

9

6

739

 Dominican

1

15

7

3

890

 Paraguay

3

7–11

5–11

1–4

15–1186

 Saint Kitts and Nevis

2

9

8–9

3–4

184–441

South Pacific, in total

46

417

385

124

32708

 Kiribati

8

6–11

5–9

1

300–787

 Papua New Guinea

2

10–22

9

4–7

416–668

 Tuvalu

8

5–10

7–10

1–4

395–912

 Palau

4

7–12

5–14

1–6

300–864

 Solomon Islands

5

8–18

6–10

5–9

340–2393

 Marshall Islands

9

7–13

6–13

1–4

294–996

 Fiji

3

7–12

6–8

4–6

300–1199

 Nauru

7

6–11

5–10

1–2

476–1141