Health workforce snapshot Palestine

Health workforce snapshot PALESTINE s PALESTINE AT A GLANCE1 Total population (2017) 4 706 000 Gross national income per capita (US$, 2018)2 5 990 Unemployment (% of total labour force) (2018)2 30.84 Per capita current health expenditure (US$ 2017) 282 Government health expenditure as % of general government expenditure (2017) 16 Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of current health expenditure (2017) 46 Universal health coverage index (2015)3 … Number of refugees (2016) 2 158 274 Number of internally displaced persons (2016) 0 Maternal mortality per 100 000 live births (2015) 45 Under-5 mortality per 1000 live births (2017) 21 Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) (2017) 100 Raised blood glucose (%, 18+ years) (2016) 8.5 Raised blood pressure (%, 18+ years) (2016) 35.8 Hepatitis B incidence rate per 100 000 (2016) … 0 20 40 60 80 100 Density per 10 000 population Density of physicians, nurses and midwives in countries of the Region (2017) KEY FACTS ▪ The total number of health workers is 36 809.4 ▪ The health workforce is mostly young, with 74% of all health workforce under the age of 45.4 ▪ Shortages are being faced in some specialties. ▪ Most physicians (83%) and dentists (76%) are males.4 ▪ 91% of health workers are employed in the urban areas.4 ▪ The health workforce is regulated mainly by the Ministry of Health, which provides lifetime licenses to physicians and dentists and annual re-licensing to all other health professionals.4 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 D en si ty p er 1 0 0 0 0 p o p u la ti o n Density of selected health professionals (2010–2017) Physicians Nurses and midwives Dentists Pharmacists 19.9 20.8 20.2 23.5 21.5 21.5 21.5 17.7 18.7 18.2 19.7 25 25.3 22.3 22.9 25.7 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 D en si ty p er 1 0 0 0 0 p o p u la ti o n Density of physicians, nurses and midwives (2010–2017) Physicians Nurses and midwives Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Observatory. Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Observatory. Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Observatory. © World Health Organization 2020 WHO-EM/HRH/646/E UNRWA = United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; NGOs = nongovernmental organizations Source: Palestine National Human Resources for Health Observatory. Source: Palestine National Human Resources for Health Observatory. 1. Eastern Mediterranean Health Observatory [online data repository]. Cairo: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (https://rho.emro.who.int/data-r, accessed 25 November 2019). 2. The World Bank/Data. The World Bank;2018 [Online] Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD?locations=OM, accessed 25 November 2019). 3. Tracking universal health coverage: 2017 global monitoring report. Geneva and Washington (DC): World Health Organization and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank; 2017 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/259817/9789241513555-eng.pdf?sequence=1, accessed 5 November 2019). 4. Palestine national human resources for health observatory: mapping the Palestinian health workforce. Ramallah: Palestinian National Institute of Public Health; 2019 (https://www.pniph.org/public//uploads/Full%20Report.pdf, accessed 20 February 2020). i 5. Source: Palestine National Human Resources for Health Observatory. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 MoH UNRWA Military Health Services NGOs Private Providers MoH UNRWA Military Health Services NGOs Private Providers % o f to ta l West Bank Distribution of health workforce by sector (2018) Doctors Nurses Midwives Dentists Pharmacists Gaza Strip Ministry of Health Military health services ilitary h alt servic s Private providers pr i rs 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Medicine Nursing Dentistry Midwifery Pharmacy Medicine Nursing Dentistry Midwifery Pharmacy Number of graduates G az a St ri p Bachelor graduates from health professional education institutions by gender (2017/2018) Female Male W e st B an k 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 P h ys ic ia n s N u rs es M id w iv es D en ti st s P h ar m ac is ts P h ys ic ia n s N u rs es M id w iv es D en ti st s P h ar m ac is ts N o . o f h ea lt h p ro fe ss io n al s West Bank Licensed and practicing health professionals in West Bank and Gaza Strip (2018) Licensed Practicing Gaza Strip Source: Palestine National Human Resources for Health Observatory. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Administrative Staff Others Pharmacists Dentists Nurses Physicians % of total Gender distribution of health workforce (2018) Male Female i i staff Physician s inistry of Health