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Number of environmental health practitioners

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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Personnel

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Number of environmental health practitioners [Definition]
2002 Public sector8139181311565164113[1] 537
2003 Public sector137542220818778176616[2] 786
2005 Public sector1495434199210130158810[3] 890
2006 Public sector151483620823890247611[4] 882
2007 Public sector158413920823510119578[5] 868
2007 Registered with HPCSA2381686606152681739886442[6] 2 751
2008 Public sector14856421862219021418[7] 814
2008 Registered with HPCSA2471696835892611539581450[8] 2 731
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2002-09-30. Data for Environmental Health Practitioners only include those employed by provincial government. Note that for provinces such as GP and WC a substantial number may be employed by local government.
  2. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2003-19-30. Data for Environmental Health Practitioners only include those employed by provincial government. Note that for provinces such as GP and WC a substantial number may be employed by local government.
  3. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2005-05-31. Data for Environmental Health Practitioners only include those employed by provincial government. Note that for provinces such as GP and WC a substantial number may be employed by local government.
  4. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2006-03-31. Data for Environmental Health Practitioners only include those employed by provincial government. Note that for provinces such as GP and WC a substantial number may be employed by local government.
  5. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2007-03-31. Data for Environmental Health Practitioners only include those employed by provincial government. Note that for provinces such as GP and WC a substantial number may be employed by local government.
  6. HPCSA: Health Professions Council of South Africa http://www.hpcsa.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/HPCSA/
    Extracted 2007-04-30. Total for South Africa includes 3 professionals with REGION indicated as 'Foreign'.
  7. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Data extracted 2008-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes posts within the National Department of Health. Data for Environmental Health Practitioners only include those employed by provincial government. Note that for provinces such as GP and WC a substantial number may be employed by local government.
  8. HPCSA: Health Professions Council of South Africa http://www.hpcsa.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/HPCSA/
    Extracted 2008-04-01. Total for South Africa includes professionals with REGION indicated as 'Foreign'.
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