Table 2.
Healthcare systems in the countries of origin of responders, based on figures from the World Health Organization.19
| Number of healthcare professionals per 1000 population | % Immunisation coverage among 1 year olds | Total expenditure on health as a % of gross domestic product | Government spend on health as % of total spend on healthb | Private spend on health as % of total spend on healthc | Hospital beds per 10 000 | Gross national income per capita ($US) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regiona | Physicians | Nurses | Measles | DTP3 | |||||
| African region | |||||||||
| Algeria | 1.13 | 2.21 | 81 | 86 | 4.1 | 80.8 | 19.2 | – | 6260 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.11 | 0.53 | 64 | 64 | 4.0 | 18.3 | 81.7 | – | 680 |
| Guinea | 0.11 | 0.55 | 73 | 69 | 5.4 | 16.6 | 83.4 | – | 2130 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.16 | 0.72 | 80 | 85 | 7.9 | 35.9 | 64.1 | – | 2180 |
| Eastern Mediterranean region | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | 0.19 | 0.22 | 61 | 66 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 60.5 | 4 | – |
| Iran | 0.45 | 1.31 | 96 | 99 | 6.5 | 47.3 | 52.7 | 16 | 7550 |
| Lebanon | 3.25 | 1.18 | 96 | 92 | 10.2 | 29.3 | 70.7 | 30 | 5380 |
| Morocco | 0.51 | 0.78 | 95 | 97 | 5.1 | 33.1 | 66.9 | 9 | 4100 |
| Pakistan | 0.74 | 0.46 | 67 | 65 | 2.4 | 27.7 | 72.3 | 7 | 2160 |
| Somalia | 0.04 | 0.19 | 40 | 30 | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1.40 | 1.94 | 98 | 99 | 5.1 | 48.2 | 51.8 | 15 | 3550 |
| European region | |||||||||
| Albania | 1.31 | 3.62 | 96 | 97 | 6.5 | 41.7 | 58.3 | 30 | 5070 |
| Azerbaijan | 3.55 | 7.11 | 98 | 96 | 3.6 | 23.8 | 76.2 | 83 | 3830 |
| Russian Federation | 4.25 | 8.05 | 98 | 97 | 5.6 | 59.0 | 41.0 | 99 | 9620 |
| Turkey | 1.35 | 1.70 | 81 | 85 | 7.6 | 71.6 | 28.4 | 26 | 7680 |
| South-East Asia region | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 0.55 | 1.58 | 96 | 97 | 3.5 | 45.0 | 55.0 | 29 | 4000 |
| Comparators | |||||||||
| UK | 2.30 | 12.12 | 81 | 90 | 8.0 | 85.7 | 14.3 | 40 | 31 460 |
| Ireland | 2.79 | 15.20 | 81 | 89 | 7.3 | 78.9 | 21.1 | 35 | 33 170 |
| US | 2.56 | 9.37 | 93 | 96 | 15.2 | 44.6 | 55.4 | 33 | 39 710 |
a
World Health Organization regional classification.19
b
The percentage of total health spend coming from national and local government.21
c
The percentage of total health spend coming from by private entities, including health insurance providers, non-profit making institutions, and direct household out-of-pocket payments. DTP = three-dose diphtheria, tetanus toxoid, and pertussis vaccine.19