Report on human resources in who in the African Region: information document

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’AFRIQUE ORGANIZAÇÃO MUNDIAL DE SAÚDE ESCRITÓRIO REGIONAL AFRICANO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA AFR/RC55/INF.DOC/1 4 July 2005 Fifty-fifth session Maputo, Mozambique, 22–26 August 2005 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Provisional agenda item 10.1 REPORT ON HUMAN RESOURCES IN WHO IN THE AFRICAN REGION Information Document CONTENTS Paragraphs INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES............................................................................................................ 2–4 GENDER DISTRIBUTION .................................................................................................................... 5–8 GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION............................................................................................. 9–12 ANNEX Page Table 1a: Staff members with long-term appointments by category ..................................................... 3 Table 1b: Staff members with temporary appointments by category..................................................... 3 Table 1c: Long-term and temporary staff members combined .............................................................. 3 Table 2: Distribution of staff members by category, grade and sex..................................................... 4 Table 3a: Distribution of long-term professional staff by nationality, grade and gender ...................... 5 Table 3b: Geographical distribution of total staff .................................................................................. 6 Table 3c: Distribution of temporary professional staff by nationality, grade and gender...................... 7 Table 4: Long-term and temporary staff by duty station...................................................................... 8 AFR/RC55/INF.DOC/1 Page 2 AFR/RC55/INF.DOC/1 Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The information below represents an overview of the staffing profile in WHO in the African Region as at 1 June 2005; it covers the overall staffing situation by category and grade, gender, geographical representation, nationality, and duty station. APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES 2. At 1 June 2005, WHO in the African Region had 899 staff members on fixed-term appointments. The fixed-term category, hereafter referred to as “long-term appointments”, comprises staff members holding contracts of one to five years or career-service/service appointments. Of the 899 staff members on long-term appointments, 263 (29.2%) were professional staff members, 189 (21%) were national professional officers and 447 (49.8%) were general service staff members (Table 1a). 3. Moreover, at 1 June 2005, WHO in the African Region had 1633 staff members on temporary appointment (short-term and term-limited appointments). Of these 1633 temporary staff members, 230 (14.2%) were professional staff members, 109 (6.6%) were national professional officers and 1294 (79.2%) were general service staff members. Furthermore, of these 1633 temporary staff members, those holding term-limited appointments were 1339 (82%) against 294 (18%) under short- term appointments (Table 1b). 4. Thus, at 1 June 2005, WHO in the African Region had a total of 2532 staff members on both long-term appointments and temporary appointments. Of these 2532 staff members, 493 (19.5%) were in the professional category, 298 (11.7%) in the national professional officer (NPO) category and 1741 (68.8%) in the general services (GS) category (Table 1c). GENDER DISTRIBUTION 5. The distribution of staff members by category, grade and gender is shown in Table 2. It can be seen that of the 263 professional staff members on long-term appointments, 191 (72.6%) were men and 72 (27.4%) were women. Of the 230 professional staff members with temporary appointments, 149 (64.8%) were men and 81 (35.2%) were women. 6. The highest concentration of professional staff members on long-term appointments was at P.5 level, 86 (32.7%); whereas the highest concentration of professional staff members with temporary appointments was at P.4 level, 180 (78.2%). 7. Among the 298 national professional officers, 189 (63.4%) were on long-term appointments and 109 (36.6%) held temporary appointments. Of the 189 NPOs on long-term appointments, 126 (66.7%) were men and 63 (33.3) were women. Of the 109 NPOs holding temporary appointments, 84 (77%) were men and 25 (23%) were women. 8. Of the 1741 general service staff members, 447 (25.7%) were on fixed-term appointments and 1294 (74.3%) held temporary appointments. Of the 447 GS staff members on fixed-term appointments, 266 (59.5%) were men and 181 (40.5%) were women. Of the 1294 GS staff members holding temporary appointments, 852 (65.8%) were men and 442 (34.2%) were women. It is worth noting that the number of women at G.4 level was greater than that of men both under long-term and temporary appointments (Table 2). AFR/RC55/INF.DOC/1 Page 2 GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION 9. Table 3a presents the professional staff members in the long-term category working in the Regional Office by their nationality. At 1 June 2005, the highest represented nationality was the United States of America with 15 long-term professional staff members followed by Burkina Faso and Republic of Congo with 12 staff members each. The following countries outside of the Region had representation: Armenia (1), Australia (1), Belgium (6), Cambodia (1), Canada (2), Germany (1), France (1), India (1), Italy (2), Libya (1), Myanmar (1), Morocco (1), Netherlands (1), Portugal (2), Sweden (2), United Kingdom (1), USA (15) (Table 3a). 10. Table 3b presents the geographical distribution of long-term professional staff members from African countries. It is worth noting that thirteen (13) countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia) were over-represented (C category). Twenty (20) countries (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) were within their range but above the mid-point (B2 category). Eight (8) countries (Cape Verde, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Namibia) were within their range but below the mid-point (B1 category). Five (5) countries, (Comoros, Seychelles, Lesotho, Sao Tome and Principe, and Swaziland) had no long-term professional representation. 11. Table 3c presents the professional staff members with temporary appointments (STP) working in the WHO African Region by their nationality. At 1 June 2005, the most represented nationality was Zimbabwe with 17 STP staff members, followed by Burkina Faso with 16 STPs. The following countries outside the Region had STPs in the Regional Office for Africa: American Samoa (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Canada (5), Colombia (1), France (5), India (2), Italy (2), Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), Sudan (1), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1). 12. Table 4 presents the distribution of long-term and temporary staff members working for WHO in the African Region by duty station. AFR/RC55/INF.DOC/1 Page 3 ANNEX Table 1a: Staff members with long-term appointments by category Staff/Grade S-A F-T Total UG 1 1 D.2 1 1 D.1 4 4 8 P.6 11 9 20 P.5 15 71 86 P.4 6 62 68 P.3 13 30 43 P.2 13 23 35 Total professional 62 201 263 Total NPOs 21 168 189 Total GS 238 209 447 Grand total 321 578 899 S–A = service appointment F–T = fixed-term NPO = national professional officer GS = general service Table 1b: Staff members with temporary appointments (term-limited and short-term appointments) by category Category TL ST Total Professional staff 185 45 230 National professional officers 58 51 109 General service staff 1096 198 1294 Total 1339 294 1633 Table 1c: Long-term and temporary appointments combined Long-term appointments Professional 263 National professional 189 General service 447 Total 899 Temporary appointments Professional 230 National professional 109 General service 1294 Total 1633 Grand total 2532 AFR/RC55/INF.DOC/1 Page 4 Table 2: Distribution of staff members by category, grade and sex Professional staff Type of Percentage Appointment M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F Long-Term 0 20 15 35 31 12 43 45 23 68 69 17 86 24 4 28 1 1 1 1 191 71 262 72.901 27.099 Short-Term 0 12 4 16 14 6 20 110 70 180 13 1 14 0 0 0 149 81 230 64.783 35.217 Total 0 0 0 32 19 51 45 18 63 155 93 248 82 18 100 24 4 28 1 0 1 1 0 1 340 152 492 69.106 30.894 Percentage by grade 0 0 100% 62.745 37.25 100% 71.43 28.57 100% 62.5 37.5 100% 82 18 100% 85.714 14.29 100% 100 0 100% 100 0 100% Percentage of total 0 10.37 12.805 50.407 20.325 5.6911 0.203 0.203 National professional officers Type of Percentage Appointment M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F Long-Term 3 2 5 45 15 60 73 43 116 3 2 5 124 62 186 66.667 33.33 Short-Term 6 6 31 6 37 47 19 66 0 84 25 109 77.064 22.94 Total 9 2 11 76 21 97 120 62 182 3 2 5 208 87 295 70.508 29.49 Percentage by grade 81.8 18.2 100% 78.351 21.65 100% 65.93 34.07 100% 60 40 100% 70.51 29.49 100% Percentage of total 3.73 32.88 61.69 1.69 100.00 General service staff Type of Percentage Appointment M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F Long-Term 42 2 44 53 0 53 66 3 69 20 29 49 21 59 80 25 43 68 38 43 81 265 179 444 59.68 40.32 Short-Term 95 32 127 331 13 344 110 65 175 87 158 245 124 99 223 75 67 142 30 8 38 852 442 1294 65.84 34.16 Total 137 34 171 384 13 397 176 68 244 107 187 294 145 158 303 100 110 210 68 51 119 1117 621 1738 64.27 35.73 Percentage by grade 80.12 19.88 100% 96.7254 3.2746 100% 72.131 27.869 100% 36.3946 63.605 100% 47.855 52.15 100% 47.619 52.381 100% 57.14 43 100% 64.269 35.7 100% Percentage of total 9.84 22.84 14.04 16.92 17.43 12.08 6.85 100 D2P1 P2 P3 Ungraded Total A B C D Total P4 P5 P6/D1 G1 G2 G3 TotalG4 G5 G6 G7