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Table 2 Health technology gaps in 2013

From: Investing in health systems for universal health coverage in Africa

Medical devices and beds

African region average (A)

Global average (B)

Gap [C = B/A)]

Computed tomography units per million population

0.4

1.9 (at Eastern Mediterranean Region)

4.8-fold

Radiotherapy units per million population

0.1

1.8

18.0-fold

Mammography units per million females aged 50 to 69years

7.4

20.9

2.8-fold

Hospital beds per 10 000 population (2012)

9

27

3.0-fold

Psychiatric beds per 10 000 population (2010)

0.6

2.5

4.2-fold

Hospitals per 10 000 population

0.8

0.9 (at Eastern Mediterranean Region)

1.1-fold

  1. Source: WHO [35].