Table 3.
Characteristics of Training Programs by Geographic Region and Country Income Level*
| Number of Programs (Number of countries) | Year 1st Program Started | Number Trained In 2007 | Types of Individuals Trained N (%) of Programs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians** | Nurses** | Dentists** | Pharmacists** | Psychologists | Social workers | Community health workers | Program open to anyone | ||||
| All countries | 69 (41 countries) | 1984 | 14,194 (100%) | 62 (90%) | 55 (80%) | 40 (58%) | 37 (54%) | 41 (59%) | 31 (45%) | 39 (57%) | 11 (16%) |
| Region | |||||||||||
| African | 2 (2 countries) | 2007 | 72 (<1%) | 2 (100%) | 2 (100%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
| Americas | 19 (7 countries) | 1984 | 5,374 (38%) | 18 (95%) | 17 (89%) | 12 (63%) | 9 (47%) | 14 (74%) | 12 (63%) | 10 (53%) | 3 (17%) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 4 (4 countries) | 1997 | 98 (<1%) | 4 (100%) | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | 2 (50%) | 2 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
| European | 26 (20 countries) | 1986 | 3,759 (26%) | 23 (88%) | 17 (65%) | 15 (58%) | 13 (50%) | 15 (58%) | 9 (35%) | 11 (42%) | 3 (12%) |
| South-East Asia | 7 (2 countries) | 2001 | 1,760 (12%) | 4 (57%) | 6 (86%) | 3 (43%) | 3 (43%) | 3 (43%) | 3 (43%) | 4 (57%) | 3 (43%) |
| Western Pacific | 11 (6 countries) | 1992 | 3,131 (22%) | 11 (100%) | 10 (91%) | 8 (73%) | 9 (82%) | 6 (55%) | 7 (64%) | 11 (100%) | 2 (18%) |
| Income Level | |||||||||||
| High | 37 (20 countries) | 1986 | 7,351 (52%) | 33 (89%) | 33 (89%) | 25 (68%) | 27 (73%) | 26 (70%) | 21 (57%) | 22 (59%) | 7 (19%) |
| Middle | 29 (16 countries) | 1984 | 6771 (48%) | 26 (90%) | 19 (66%) | 14 (48%) | 9 (31%) | 14 (48%) | 10 (34%) | 15 (52%) | 4 (14%) |
| Low | 3 (1 country) | 2004 | 72 (<1%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 1 (33%) | 1 (33%) | 1 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (67%) | 0 (0%) |
*
Individual programs could offer training to multiple types of individuals. Includes all training programs identified including those that did not train students in 2007 or 2008.
**
Includes students of medicine, nursing, dentistry, or pharmacy