Though a relatively small percentage of IMGs attended medical school in Africa (5.5% or 10,169 in 2001), those IMGs nonetheless represent a large proportion of the medical work-force in many African nations. Such immigration trends result in relatively high rates of brain-drain from poor African countries. According to the 2001 data, most IMGs who trained in Africa attened medical school in Egypt (43%), Nigeria (21%), and South Africa (20%).
TOTAL NUMBER OF IMGS WHO ATTENDED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN AFRICA
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Between 1981 and 1986 the number of IMGs arriving in the United States from Egypt, South Africa, and Nigeria increased significantly.
From 1986 to 1991, the number of IMGs arriving in the United States from Egypt, South Africa, and Nigeria continued to increase. A significant number also arrived from Ghana during that interval.
In 1981 IMGs who attended medical school in Africa came from one of 19 nations. By 2001 that number increased to 28 countries. In 2001 most IMGs from Africa had attended medical school in Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, and the Sudan.
In 1996 most IMGs who had trained in Africa had attended medical school in Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, and Ethiopia.
