Table 3.
Training programmes.
| Countries | Number of medical schools |
ENT training |
Audiology training programmes |
Speech training programmes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training programmes |
New ENTs p.a |
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| 2009 | 2015 | 2009 | 2015 | 2009 | 2015 | 2009 | 2015 | 2009 | 2015 | |
| Burundi | * | 3 | * | 1 | * | 1 | * | – | * | – |
| Cameroon | * | 4 | * | 1 | * | 5 | * | – | * | – |
| D.R.C | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Ghana | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1–2 | 2 | – | Yes | – | – |
| Guinea Conakry | * | 3 | * | 3 | * | 5 | * | – | * | – |
| Kenya | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes |
| Lesotho | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Madagascar | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Malawi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Mali | * | 3 | * | 1 | * | 4 | * | – | * | – |
| Nigeria | 36 | 58 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Rwanda | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 2 | * | – | – | – |
| S. Africa | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Senegal | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Sudan | * | 95 | * | 0 | * | 10 | * | – | – | – |
| Swaziland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tanzania | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Togo | * | 1 | * | 1 | * | ? | * | – | * | Yes |
| Uganda | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Zambia | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Note: Shaded cells indicate new training programmes established since the 2009 study.