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. 2010 Jun 30;8:15. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-15

Table 1.

Baseline inputs

Nurses Midwives

Baseline inputs Doctors Clinical officers registered enrolled registered enrolled direct entry Total
Number of staff

 At baseline (2008)1 806 1236 1453 5134 339 1711 0 10 679

 Minimum level required to meet need (same for all years)2 1778 3737 14 053 4751 24 319

Inflow from training

 Annual training enrolment (# of new students)3 74 155 660 423 136 173 174 1795

 Total years of training required3 7 3 3 2 1 1 2 n/a

 Graduation rate (% of students)3 90.0% 90.0% 96.7% 94.3% 97.1% 90.7% 90.0% n/a

 Public sector entry rate from training schools (% of graduates)3,4 85.3% 91.4% 75.5% 81.4% 81.4% 81.4% 81.4% n/a

 Inflow from immigration (# per year)4 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20

Outflow from attrition

 Training program requires other professional diploma/degree and work experience before enrolling; or enrols students who leave the public sector workforce before enrolling No No Yes No Yes Yes no n/a

 If yes, which specific cadre is the feeder cadre for training programs n/a n/a enrolled nurses n/a registered nurses enrolled nurses n/a n/a

 Percent of enrolling students to which entry barrier applies (% per year) n/a n/a 14.89% n/a 100% 100% n/a n/a

 Total attrition from cadre (% per year) 9.80% 4.48% 5.30% 4.48% 4.48% 4.48% 4.48% n/a

Involuntary attrition (% per year) [24,26] 6.66% 3.05% 3.60% 3.05% 3.05% 3.05% 3.05% n/a

Voluntary attrition (% per year) [25,26] 3.14% 1.43% 1.70% 1.43% 1.43% 1.43% 1.43% n/a

1 MOH human resources payroll data, September 2008

2 MOH Training and Development Plan 2008

3 MOH/CHAI training institution assessment, May/June 2008

4 MOH Human Resources Directorate