Table 3. Energy Access Among Health Care Facilities (Mean), by Facility Type, Selected sub-Saharan African Countriesa.
Energy Access | Facility Type | ||
All Facilities | Hospitals Only | Other Facilities Besides Hospitals | |
Access to electricity, % (N = 11 countries) |
74 | 99 | 72 |
Source of electricity, % (N = 9 countries) |
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Generator only | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Central, solar, or other | 68 | 93 | 65 |
Reliable electricity, % of electrified facilities (N = 8 countries) |
28 | 34 | 26 |
Data for access to electricity are averages among 11 countries (Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia); for source of electricity, among 9 countries (excludes Ghana and Nigeria); and for reliable electricity, among 8 countries (excludes Ethiopia, Ghana, and Nigeria).