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Stefan Leiderer et al.<br />
Table 1:<br />
Population per Health Personnel Ratios (MoH and CHAM<br />
personnel)<br />
2000 2002 June 2003 June 2004 Recommended<br />
Doctors 31,746:1 70,725:1 89,962:1 106,397:1 9,000:1<br />
Nurses 4,871:1 4171:1 3,240:1 3,035:1 2,000:1<br />
Source: Hanson (2005)<br />
Another major problem is the severe shortage of drugs and materials, despite<br />
of relatively regular funding. The Central Medical Stores are responsible<br />
<strong>for</strong> supplying and distributing drugs to public hospitals and health centres.<br />
In recent years, it has become a common phenomenon <strong>for</strong> drugs and materials<br />
to disappear; there<strong>for</strong>e, some donors headed by DFID are now pushing <strong>for</strong><br />
a re<strong>for</strong>m of the central medical stores system.<br />
Another problem consists in a severe lack of basic infrastructure, especially<br />
in rural health centres. Health centres in remote areas often do not have electricity,<br />
running water or even a telephone available, seriously limiting the<br />
effectiveness of these facilities. Many health centres do not have ambulances<br />
at their disposal, making transport of patients extremely difficult in rural<br />
areas.<br />
54 German Development <strong>Institut</strong>e