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. 2020 Jun 17;8(2):176. doi: 10.3390/healthcare8020176

Table 1.

Distribution of health facilities per region in Cameroon.

Administrative Regions Population (2012) No. of Health Institutions (2014) No. of Doctors per 10,000 People (2011) No. of Nurses per 10,000 People (2011)
Adamawa 1,098,165 157 0.4 8.8
Centre 3,803,931 838 2 14.6
East 818,139 227 0.7 11.3
Far North 3,709,691 329 0.3 5
Littoral 3,085,304 619 1.5 13.1
North 2,240,649 272 0.4 8.1
North-West 1,870,148 367 0.3 4.7
West 1,840,137 628 0.8 12.8
South 720,833 310 0.8 11.4
South-West 1,449,957 287 0.6 10.9
Total 20,636,954 4034

Source: Adapted from Ministry of Health 2017; Ministry of Public Health 2012 [41,46]. Note: the statistics for number of doctors per 10,000 people and number of health institutions per administrative region are the most recent available.