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 | Algeria |
| Angola |
| Benin |
| Botswana |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burundi |
| Cameroon |
| Cape Verde |
| Central African Republic |
| Chad |
| Comoros |
| Congo |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
| Djibouti |
| DRC |
| Egypt |
| Equatorial Guinea |
| Eritrea |
| Eswatini |
| Ethiopia |
| Gabon |
| Gambia |
| Ghana |
| Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
| Kenya |
| Lesotho |
| Liberia |
| Libya |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Mali |
| Mauritania |
| Mauritius |
| Morocco |
| Mozambique |
| Namibia |
| Niger |
| Nigeria |
| Rwanda |
| SADR |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Senegal |
| Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone |
| Somalia |
| South Africa |
| South Sudan |
| Sudan |
| Tanzania |
| Togo |
| Tunisia |
| Uganda |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
| Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health |
| Life expectancy at birth |
| Maternal mortality ratio |
| Stillbirth rate |
| Neonatal mortality rate |
| Infant mortality rate |
| Under 5 mortality rate |
| Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits |
| Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel |
| Postpartum care coverage for mothers |
| Postnatal care coverage for newborns |
| Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months |
| Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination |
| Stunting - short height for age under age 5 |
| Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 |
| Overweight - heavy for height under 5 |
| Sexual and Reproductive Health |
| Child marriage before age 15 |
| Child marriage before age 18 |
| Female genital mutilation |
| Sexual violence by age 18 - female |
| Sexual violence by age 18 - male |
| Very early child bearing under age 16 |
| Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 |
| Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women |
| Demand satisfied for modern contraception |
| Communicable Diseases |
| New HIV infections |
| Antiretroviral treatment coverage |
| Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV |
| Condom use |
| New TB infections |
| New malaria infections |
| Non-Communicable Diseases |
| Mortality from non-communicable diseases |
| Suicide mortality rate |
| Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over |
| Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over |
| Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over |
| Health Financing |
| External health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
| Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
| Government health expenditure as % GDP |
| Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure |
| Government health expenditure per capita |
| Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure |
| Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health |
| Health systems and policies |
| Density of health workers - physicians |
| Density of health workers - nurses and midwives |
| Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff |
| Qualified obstetricians |
| Birth registration |
| At least basic drinking water |
| At least basic sanitation services |
| Open defecation |
| Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
| Full Name: | Number of licensed qualified obstetricians actively working |
| Full Unit: | Total number |
| Year-range of Data: | 2008 - 2014 |
| Source: | WHO Global Health Workforce Statistics database |
| Link to Source: | http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=4662 |
| Date Source Published: | 17th February 2017 |
| Date Source Accessed: | 29th April 2019 |
 | The following countries had no data: |
This is a count of the total number of licensed, qualified physician obstetricians.
This indicator measures the number of qualified physician obstetricians that are licensed in a country. Measuring and monitoring the number of healthcare workers is crucial for understanding the available resources in a health system. This is important for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 3 Health and Wellbeing; Target 3.c: Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States.
The compilation of data is from the following sources: Routine administrative information systems, which includes reports on public expenditure, staffing, payroll, professional training, registration and licensure; population censuses; labour force and employment surveys; and health facility assessments. All countries are asked to submit these data through the National Health Workforce Accounts a as an official source.
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More about indicator and sources
EGYPT: Please note that Egypt reported a total number of 15,363 obstetricians licensed to work in 2014; this is not shown here because the axis is skewed as a result.
The classification of obstetrician is based on criteria for vocational education and training, regulation of health professions, and the activities and tasks involved in carrying out a job as laid out in a framework for categorizing key workforce variables according to shared characteristics. The data presented here from the WHO Global Health Observatory do not give a full picture of all the health workers that perform surgery, anaesthesia and obstetric work; this is because some physicians and other healthcare providers who were not licensed were excluded to allow comparisons across countries. The data do not capture actual access to specialist providers, affected by factors such as financial barriers or the urban-rural distribution.
You can read more about the indicator here: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.wrapper.imr?x-id=4662
More information on calculations
Since the adoption of the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030, states are called on to report a core set of data on human resources for health on a yearly basis to the Global Health Observatory. To support national policy and planning as well as the Global Strategy's monitoring and accountability frameworks, states are also called on to consolidated accounts on progressive implementation of national health workforce.
For more information, visit: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-0C-01.pdf
