Table 1.

Government and PNFP health facilities and services by level of care in Uganda in 2017

	HC1	HC2	HC3	HC4	General hospital	Regional referral hospital	National referral hospital
Total number	25,000	2354	1291	196	117	16	2
Population served	1000	5000	20,000	100,000	500,000	2 million	10 million
Service area	Village	Parish	Sub-county	Sub-district	District	Regional	National
Staffing	Village health workers	Nurses	Clinical officers, nurses	Doctors, clinical officers, nurses	Doctors, clinical officers, pharmacy technicians, nurses	Specialists, doctors, clinical officers, pharmacists nurses	Specialists, doctors, clinical officers, pharmacists nurses
Services	Preventive; health promotion; reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health	Preventive; promotion; outpatient curative; maternity; community outreach and emergencies	HC2 plus: inpatient health services; simple diagnostic/laboratory services	HC3 plus: emergency surgery; blood transfusion; laboratory services	HC4 plus: service training; consultation; research	General hospital plus: specialist’s services such as psychiatry, ear, nose, and throat, ophthalmology, dentistry, intensive care, radiology, pathology, and more complex surgery	Regional referral hospital plus: specialists’ services; training and research