Table 3.

Stock of doctors and nurses in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe and yearly registration in the United Kingdom

Country	Ghana	South Africa	Zimbabwe
Doctors/pop (000,000)	6.2	56.3	13.9
Doctors stock	1,220	22,464	1,1603
Annual doctor registration in UK	14	454	12
Ratio: annual doctor registration / doctors stock	1.1%	2.0%	0.7%
Nurses / pop (000,000)	72	471.8	128.7
Nurses stock	14,168	188,249	14,838
Annual nurse registration in UK	140	1086	382
Ratio: annual nurses registration / nurses stock	1.0%	0.6%	2.6%

Source: WHO, HRH data base, 1998; (last accessed 26/11/02). General Medical Council UK; Personal Communication, General Medical Council: United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting