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Source: National health Workforce Accounts database, WHO. Available at https://apps.who.int/nhwaportal

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Health worker density and distribution

Indicator number

3.c.1

Target name

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

Target number

3.c

Global indicator description

Density of physicians, nursing and midwifery personnel, dentistry personnel, and pharmaceutical personnel per 1,000 persons

UN designated tier

1

UN custodian agency

World Health Organization (WHO)

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Organisation

National health Workforce Accounts database, WHO. Available at https://apps.who.int/nhwaportal

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