Table 1.
Descriptive information of health workers in Uganda.
| Item | Hospital | Populat-ion per health worker | Post secondary training (years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary scale (annual start salary in UGX)* | HCIV | General | Regional | National | |||
| Number | - | 166 | 47 | 13 | 2 | - | - |
| Vacancies (%) | - | 40 | 43 | 28 | 10.5 | - | - |
| Population covered | - | 100,000 | 500,000 | 2,000,000 | 35,000,000 | - | - |
| Clinical officer | U5c 3,250,000 |
2 | 4 | 20 | 50 | 5583 | 3 |
| Medical officer | U5a-3 6,500,000 |
1 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 7272 | 5 |
| Surgeons | U3 7,600,000 |
- | 1 | 5 | 30 | 171,568 | 8 |
| Obstetrician | U3 7,600,000 |
- | 1 | 5 | 40 | 282,258 | 8 |
Number of health workers and vacancies based on Annual Health Sector Performance Report (2012). Exchange rate US$1 = 2500 UGX. Services provided: HCIV: preventive, promotive outpatient curative, maternity, inpatient health services, emergency surgery and blood transfusion and laboratory services; General: in addition to services offered at HCIV, other general services will be provided. It will also provide in service training, consultation, and research to community based health care programmes; Regional: in addition to services offered at the general hospital, specialist services will be offered, such as psychiatry, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology, dentistry, intensive care, radiology, pathology, higher level surgical and medical services; National: these provide comprehensive specialist services and are involved in teaching and research.