Table 1.

The WHO minimum recommended staffing threshold to support the attainment of UHC

Key HRH Categories	Currently in Service	Estimated Yearly Production	Current Need as per WHO Minimum Density Rate of 23 per 10,000 Population	Current Need as per WHO Revised Density Rate of 44.5 per 10,000 Population	HRH Gap as per WHO Indicated two Coverage Scenarios	Time Projected for Bridging the Current two Coverage Scenarios Gap in Years*
Physicians	1167	800	Current density: 5.4 per 10,000 population. Estimated need of the three categories as per 23 per 10,000 population is: 29,900. Attainable in 8years with the higher production rate	Current density: 5.4 per 10,000 population Estimated need of the three categories to achieve 44.5 per 10,000 population is: 57,850. Attainable in 25 years with the higher production rate	22,827& 50,777	8 and 17 years respectively.
Registered Nurses	4175	1400
Registered Midwives	1731	780
Totals	7,073	3,000	29,900	57,850

Source: Ministry of Health’s HRH report (2021)

*The projected gap was measured against a population of approximately 13 million. These estimates did not factor in the additional health workforce need resulting from the 2.9% annual population growth rate in Somalia, reflecting an additional 12,000 to 24,000 of these three professional categories, depending on which of the two thresholds to consider