Child Health: A fair start in life >> Benefits of universal health coverage FIGURE 1.9 Many countries do not have enough health providers number of physicians, nurses and midwives per 10,000 population and Who minimum threshold Who minimum threshold = 23 doctors, nurses and midwives per 10,000 population Solomon islands nigeria Myanmar Zimbabwe Pakistan lao People’s democratic republic Kenya Ghana Gambia Cambodia Zambia Yemen Benin Mauritania afghanistan rwanda Guinea-Bissau Papua new Guinea Burkina faso Côte d’ivoire Bangladesh Mali Senegal United republic of Tanzania Mozambique Malawi Togo Central african republic liberia ethiopia Sierra leone niger 0 5 10 15 20 25 Number of physicians, nurses and midwives Source: World health organization, Global health Workforce Statistics, 2014. The STaTe of The World’S Children 2016 32