Definition: This entry gives the number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, per 1,000 of the population. Medical doctors are defined as doctors that study, diagnose, treat, and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans through the application of modern medicine. They also plan, supervise, and evaluate care and treatment plans by other health care providers. WHO estimates that fewer than 23 health workers (physicians, nurses, and midwives only) per 10,000 would be insufficient to achieve coverage of primary healthcare needs.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Hindu Business Line - 6/14/2013 4:34:11 PM
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A Movement Without a Leader: Turkey's Upheaval in Taksim Square
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Is this what democracy is made of? It is if you ask Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who, on June 15, confronted the uprising now sweeping his country with a menacing threat: Protesters must clear Istanbul’s Taksim Square ...
Qatar has highest density of millionaires: Report
Times of India - 6/10/2013 7:27:44 AM
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Qatar has the Highest Density of Millionaires:Report
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Kuwait ranks 3rd highest density of millionaires
MENAFN - 6/6/2013 5:16:29 AM
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Kuwait has the world's third highest density of millionaires ... be driven by new wealth creation linked to strong GDP expansion in oil-rich countries. "The growth of private wealth in the region has been largely driven by a buoyant ...
Akron General ER doctor honored
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