Human Resources for Health Country Profiles: Papua New Guinea

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2.2.3 Distribution of health workers by provinces There is an inequitable distribution of HWs across the provinces with wide variations in the number

of people served by each HW. The National Capital District has the highest proportion of HWs, and the lowest proportion is in Western Province (Table 8).

Dental professionals/1000 people

HEOs/1000 people

Nurses/1000 people

CHWs/1000 people

Pharmacy professionals/1000 people

Medical laboratory staff/1000 people

Allied health professionals/1000 people

AROB

188

0.03

0.003

0.01

0.30

0.23

0.01

0.01

0.01

Central

255

0.003

0.04

0.10

0.57

0.02

East Sepik

486

0.03

0.01

0.04

0.29

0.45

0.01

0.02

0.04

Eastern Highlands

685

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.32

0.53

0.01

0.02

0.02

East New Britain

627

0.04

0.03

0.05

0.60

0.61

0.02

0.05

0.08

Provinces

Total no. of health workers

Medical doctors/1000 people

Table 8. Health workers per population by cadre and province, 2018

Enga

458

0.04

0.01

0.03

0.30

0.41

0.004

0.02

0.02

Gulf

165

0.03

0.01

0.04

0.24

0.43

0.01

0.02

0.03

Hela

126

0.02

0.003

0.03

0.17

0.13

0.01

0.02

0.04

Jiwaka

272

0.002

0.004

0.02

0.29

0.20

0.01

0.01

Simbu

357

0.06

0.01

0.02

0.29

0.30

0.01

0.02

0.03

Madang

707

0.04

0.01

0.05

0.37

0.65

0.01

0.02

0.03

Manus

218

0.23

0.01

0.17

1.19

0.99

0.04

0.08

0.20

Milne Bay

858

0.06

0.03

0.09

0.80

1.50

0.02

0.04

0.07

Morobe

724

0.06

0.01

0.01

0.57

0.18

0.02

0.03

0.04

NCD

1261

0.28

0.05

0.004

1.48

0.64

0.05

0.12

0.13

New Ireland

376

0.06

0.03

0.11

0.60

0.47

0.02

0.07

0.06

Oro

228

0.04

0.03

0.04

0.35

0.46

0.01

0.02

0.03

Southern Highlands

405

0.03

0.01

0.02

0.24

0.31

0.005

0.01

0.02

West New Britain

505

0.04

0.03

0.07

0.51

0.74

0.01

0.04

0.08

Western Highlands

593

0.05

0.02

0.03

0.48

0.65

0.01

0.03

0.05

West Sepik

521

0.03

0.01

0.06

0.40

1.11

0.01

0.04

0.07

Western

73

0.04

0.01

0.08

0.17

0.01

AROB, Autonomous Region of Bougainville; CHW, community health worker; HEO, health extension officer; NCD, National Capital District. Source: National Department of Health, 2018b; National Department of Health, 2018d.

2.2.4 Distribution of health workers by urban/rural areas Although 87% of the population live in rural areas (The World Bank, 2019) only 34% of HWs are deployed in

these areas (Table 9). There are severe shortages of medical officers and pharmacy professionals in rural areas. This is offset by the higher proportion of HEOs and CHWs who are trained to work in rural areas in the absence of doctors.

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