Characteristics of global naturopathic education, regulation, and practice frameworks: results from an international survey

Table 1 Total study population by world region, country participation and organizational type (Source: World Health Organization, 2019)

World Region	Participation by country (*n=29*) and organization type	Non-participation by country (*n=17*)
Africa	Congo DR^a, South Africa^b,c, Zambia^c	Kenya
Americas	Brazil^a,b, Canada^a,b,c, Chile^a, Mexico^a, Peru^a, Puerto Rico^a,b, USA^a,b,c, Uruguay^a,b, Venezuela^b	Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay
Eastern Mediterranean	Egypt^a	Morocco
Europe	Belgium^a,b, Cyprus^a, Czech Republic^a,b, France^a,b, Germany^a, Italy^a,b, Portugal^a, Slovenia^a,b, Spain^a, Sweden^a, Switzerland^a, United Kingdom^a,b	Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Norway
South East Asia	Nepal^b	India
Western Pacific	Australia^a,b,c, Hong Kong^a, New Zealand^a,b	Japan, Malaysia

^a. Professional association; ^b. Educational institution; ^c. Regulator of naturopathy

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