Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Mapping Africa’s advanced public health education capacity: the AfriHealth project

CB IJsselmuiden, TC Nchinda, S Duale, NM Tumwesigye, D Serwadda

Volume 85, Number 12, December 2007, 914-922

Table 4. Academic staff characteristics: qualifications and age distribution^a

	Male				Female
	Number of institutions	Number of staff	Average		Number of institutions	Number of staff	Average
Qualifications
Doctorate	40	236	5.9		39	86	2.2
Master’s degree	36	151	4.2		36	63	1.8
Bachelor’s degree	33	41	1.2		33	41	1.2
No bachelor’s degree	34	6	0.2		34	18	0.5
Total		434				208
Age distribution
< 35 years	34	44	1.3		35	40	1.1
35–50	36	261	7.3		35	113	3.2
51+	34	78	2.3		35	27	0.8
Total		383				180

^a Not all information was available for all staff listed; people may hold more than one degree.