Table 3: Total number of available Human Resource for Health by region, 2009
Region Physician (GP & specialist) Physician : Population Ratio Health Officer HO : Population Ratio All Nurses Nurse : Population Ratio Mid-wives Mid Wife: Population Ratio HEW* HEW : Population Ratio
Tigray 101 1:44,880 188 1:24,111 2,332 1:1,944 185 1:24,502 1,433 1:3,163
Afar 15 1:98,258 29 1:50,823 185 1:7,967 572 1:2,577
Amhara 304 1:58,567 434 1:41,024 3,790 1:4,698 212 1:83,983 7,471 1:2,383
Oromia 378 1:76,075 448 1:64,189 5,040 1:5,706 287 1:100,197 13856 1:2,075
Somalia 71 1:65,817 12 1:389,415 314 1:14,882 45 1:103,844 1,427 1:3,275
Ben-Gumuz 12 1:59,309 42 1:16,945 452 1:1,575 37 1:19,235 499 1:1,426
SNNPR 242 1:65,817 220 1:72,398 3,980 1:4,002 316 1:50,404 7,915 1:2,012
Gambella 13 1:25,585 13 1:25,585 91 1:3,655 4 1:83,150 457 1:728
Harari 29 1:6,655 31 1:6,226 276 1:699 29 1:6,655 47 1:4,106
Addis Ababa 934 1:3,056 170 1:16,791 3,377 1:845 244 1:11,699 NA -
Diredawa 53 1:6,796 19 1:18,957 272 1:1,324 20 1:18,009 142 1:2,537