Table 2.
Reported children’s nursing workforce capacity (2015) relative to child population
| Kenya | Malawi | South Africa | Uganda | Zambia | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children 0–15 years (% of total population)a | 19.3 m (40.89%) | 7.7 m (44.27%) | 15.9 m (29.18%) | 18.7 m (47.99%) | 7.4 m (45.09%) | |
| Children’s nurses reported in practiceb (as % of total registered nurses)c,d | 70 (0.09%) | 92 (1.9%) | 3115ii (1.08%) | 261 (1.58%) | 105 (0.9%) | 3728 |
| Children’s nurses produced by training (2015)b | 22 | 27 | 191a*† | 0 | 32 | 272 |
| Institutions training children’s nursesb | 1 | 1 | 7*† | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Programmes offeredb | 2 | 2 | 11*† | 0 | 1 | 16 |
Sources:
a[31]
bOriginal data plus record of the Child Nursing Educator Forum Nov. 2017* and data from a postgraduate study (Chukwu, 2017)†
c[32]
dAnnual circulars produced by the South African Nursing Council relating to Additional Qualifications on the Register between 2010 and 2016
Notes: iIt was subsequently confirmed that post-basic education leading to a registerable qualification in paediatric nursing is also offered by one further institution, although the relevant programmes were not offered during the period of data collection
iiSouth Africa was the only country for which information relating to the numbers of children’s nurses on the register was available through published information in the public domain