Health in Ethiopia Human resource development 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_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigray | 101 | 1:44,880 | 188 | 1:24,111 | 2332 | 1:1,944 | 185 | 1:24,502 | 1433 |
| Afar | 15 | 1:98,258 | 29 | 1:50,823 | 185 | 1:7,967 | − | − | 572 |
| Amhara | 304 | 1:58,567 | 434 | 1:41,024 | 3790 | 1:4,698 | 212 | 1:83,983 | 7471 |
| Oromia | 378 | 1:76,075 | 448 | 1:64,189 | 5040 | 1:5,706 | 287 | 1:100,197 | 13856 |
| Somalia | 71 | 1:65,817 | 12 | 1:389,415 | 314 | 1:14,882 | 45 | 1:103,844 | 1427 |
| Ben-Gumuz | 12 | 1:59,309 | 42 | 1:16,945 | 452 | 1:1,575 | 37 | 1:19,235 | 499 |
| SNNPR | 242 | 1:65,817 | 220 | 1:72,398 | 3980 | 1:4,002 | 316 | 1:50,404 | 7915 |
| Gambella | 13 | 1:25,585 | 13 | 1:25,585 | 91 | 1:3,655 | 4 | 1:83,150 | 457 |
| Harari | 29 | 1:6,655 | 31 | 1:6,226 | 276 | 1:699 | 29 | 1:6,655 | 47 |