10 11

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Somalia* Congo (Dem. Rep. of)*

Malawi* Burundi Uganda Zambia

Bangladesh Tanzania Ethiopia Bhutan

Afghanistan Nepal

Cameroon Kenya

Zimbabwe PIC

Pakistan Mali

Senegal Nigeria

Cambodia Ghana

Vietnam Bosnia and Herzegovina

China Iran

South Africa Hong Kong SAR, China

Netherlands Malaysia

Singapore Uruguay Thailand Turkey Albania Israel

Mexico Norway Hungary

Saudi Arabia India

Finland Philippines Romania

Moldova (Rep. of) Croatia

Denmark Lithuania

Czech Republic Costa Rica

Great Britain Switzerland

Grenada Ukraine

USA Germany

Macedonia (Rep. of) New Zealand

Canada Ireland France

Australia Belgium

Korea (Rep. of) Portugal

Italy Iceland Spain

China Taiwan Egypt Jordan Japan Malta

Pharmacists per 10,000 population

3020100

Sample mean 6.02 Figure 3.2. Density of pharmacists per 10,000 population

(n=82 countries and territories) (*indicates a non-zero value)

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In most countries and territories, there is a greater density of pharmacists than pharmacies. However, some have many times more pharmacies than pharmacists (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, Vietnam and Zambia; see also Figure 3.4), flagging the issue of appropriate supervision of pharmaceutical services. Figure 3.3 shows the density of both pharmacists and pharmacies by WHO region for comparison. Regions with fewer pharmacists tend to have more pharmacies per capita showing as a smaller gap between pharmacists and pharmacies per capita.

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6

4

2

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Africa

SE Asia

Americas

Western Paciļ¬c

Eastern Mediterranean

Europe

Density pharmacies per 10,000 Density pharmacists per 10,000

Sample mean (pharmacists)

Sample mean (pharmacies)

Figure 3.3. Mean WHO regional values

of pharmacists and pharmacies per capita