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Table 3 Distribution of medical staff by region (2010)

From: The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe

Region

Doctors

Clinical officers

Nurses

Skilled health workers

 

Number

Per 100,000

Number

Per 100,000

Number

Per 100,000

Number

Per 100,000

Bulawayo

168

29.57

-

-

2,460

432.98

Z628

462.55

Harare

349

23.92

20

1.37

4,309

295.38

4,678

320.67

Manicaland

26

1.68

3

0.19

1,476

95.60

1,505

97.48

Mashonaland Central

16

1.61

4

0.40

1,160

116.53

1,180

118.54

Mashonaland East

24

2.17

3

0.27

1,215

110.08

1,242

112.53

Mashonaland West

29

2.48

2

0.17

1,184

101.31

1,215

103.96

Masvingo

17

1.29

1

0.08

1,606

121.72

1,624

123.08

Matabeleland North

15

2.23

-

-

947

140.62

962

142.85

Matabeleland South

22

3.37

-

-

991

151.75

1,013

155.12

Midlands

23

1.97

2

0.17

1,684

143.89

1,709

146.62

TOTAL

689

6.47

35

0.33

17,032

159.85

17,756

166.64