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 |
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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).