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. 2015 May 26;93(8):577–586G. doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.148338

Table 3. Training of providers of emergency care included in systematic analysis, 49 low- and-middle-income countries, 1991–2014.

Region,a country No. of facilities
Non-physician or medical student Physician in training or with unspecified level of training Attending physician or consultant Emergency physician
Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana 1 1b
Burkina Faso 1
Cameroon 1 1b
Congo 1 1b
Eritrea 1
Ghana 2
Kenya 1
Liberia 1 1b
Madagascar 1 1
Malawi 2
Namibia 1
Nigeria 4 2 1b
Rwanda 1
Seychelles 1
Sierra Leone 1
South Africa 8 4 1b
Sudan 2 2c
Uganda 1b
United Republic of Tanzania 2 1
South Asia, East Asia & Pacific
China 2 2b
India 3 7c
Kazakhstan 1
Malaysia 2 1b
Nepal 4 3d 1b
Pakistan 2 1 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Viet Nam 2
Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil 1 3
Cuba 2
Ecuador 3 1b
Guyana 1
Jamaica 1 1b
Mexico 1 1b
Nicaragua 2
Paraguay 1 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1
Middle East & North Africa
Egypt 1 1b
Islamic Republic of Iran 1
Jordan 4 3d 1b
Lebanon 1 1b
Morocco 1 1b
Tunisia 1 1b
Europe & Central Asia
Belarus 1 1b
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1b
Hungary 1
Romania 1 1b
Serbia 1
Turkey 1 2b 1b
Ukraine 1 3b

a Regions according to the World Bank.30

b Provider only available part-time in the facility or one of the facilities.

c Provider only available part-time in two of the facilities.

d Provider only available part-time in three of the facilities.

Data sources listed in Table 1, (available at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/93/14/07-148338).