Donors and Partners
Reports and statistics
A brief overview of AHP's performance over the past few years:
Total placements made since inception:
- 1395 placements made in total since our inception
- 622 foreign-qualified doctors (GPs and specialists) were placed in government-funded rural posts which would otherwise have been vacant.
- 773 local-qualified health workers of all cadres were placed in local health facilities, predominantly those treating HIV.
Placements made during 2009:
645 permanent and volunteer placements made, of which:
- 237 foreign‐qualified doctors (GPs and specialists) in rural government hospitals, in government‐funded posts which would otherwise have been vacant.
- 408 local‐qualified health workers of all cadres placed mostly in HIV clinics.
Total placements made by post since inception:
- 548 permanent government posts filled since 2006.
- 165 volunteers placed in public service.
- 655 placements made in NGO clinics.
- 27 academic posts filled.
Country of origin of the foreign-qualified doctors recruited by AHP since inception:
AHP has a UK and US-based team which assists in marketing into these countries. As such, the majority of foreign recruits are sourced from these countries. The UK-based team also recruits into Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. AHP also recruits across the rest of Europe, as well as from Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Locum services:
- Top performing locum service provider in tender won to provide pharmacists to Tshwane hospitals.
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Over 20 000 hours of locum time provided in 2009.
- Currently expanding to new regions and additional health worker cadres.
Putting this into perspective:
- All 8 medical schools in SA cumulatively graduate approximately 1200 doctors annually. But, over their career, half of these doctors will move to work overseas.
- This leaves about 600 doctors in SA.
- Three quarters of these doctors will work in the private sector.
- This will leave just 150 doctors working in the public sector within the country.
- Of those remaining in public service, the vast majority will work in urban centres.
- This leaves as few as 35 doctors from any single year of graduation serving the rural areas of SA.
- In 2009, AHP placed 7 times that number of foreign doctors in rural hospitals.
