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Nursing and midwifery workforce
There is a paucity of nurses and midwives in some
countries in the South-East Asia Region. Efforts have been made to collect
and compile the estimated number of nursing and midwifery workforce. Table 1
depicts the number of nurses and midwives and auxiliary nurse-midwives
reported by nursing councils, nursing and/or midwifery associations or the
ministries of health.
Table 1
: Number of nurses, midwives and
auxiliary nurse-midwives in the South-East Asia Region
|
Country
|
Year
|
Nurse
|
Midwife
|
Auxiliary
Nurse Midwife
(ANM)
|
Source
of Data
|
|
Bangladesh
|
2007/2005
|
21 715
|
19 354
|
Junior N 181
Junior M 591
|
Nursing Council
|
|
Bhutan
|
2006
|
408
|
0
|
134
|
Ministry of Health
|
|
DPR
Korea
|
2005
|
90 367
|
6743
|
|
Ministry of Public Health
|
|
India
|
2005
|
908 962
|
-
|
521 593
LHV 50 715
|
Nursing Council
|
|
Indonesia
|
2006
|
300 135
|
83 008
|
-
|
Nursing Association Midwifery Association
|
|
Maldives
|
2006
|
605
Nurse Aids 369
|
-
|
-
|
Ministry of Health
|
|
Myanmar
|
2006
|
19 922
|
16 699
|
-
|
Health in Myanmar
|
|
Nepal
|
Nov 2008
|
10 431
|
-
|
12 327
|
Nursing Council
|
|
Sri
Lanka
|
2005
|
6999
Public health nurse 267
|
6494
|
-
|
National Census of Health Manpower
|
|
Thailand
|
Dec. 2008
|
Professional nurses
127 783
Technical nurses 3216
|
-
|
-
|
Thailand Nursing Council
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
2006
|
663
|
264
|
*
|
Ministry of Health
|
Note: Nepal:
There are 565 registered foreign nurses.
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