Table 2.

Primary healthcare facilities in the public sector in Bangladesh

Level	Type of facility	Type of service	No of facilities (n)
Upazila	Upazila health complex (50 beds)	Hospital	297
	Upazila health complex (31 beds)	Hospital	112
	Upazila health complex (10 beds)	Hospital	11
		Total of upazila health complexes	420
	Hospitals outside health complexes
	31-bed hospital	Hospital	4
	30-bed hospital	Hospital	1
	25-bed hospital	Hospital	1
	Mother and child welfare centre	Hospital	12
Union	Union-level facilities under DGHS
	20-bed hospital	Hospital	32
	10-bed hospital	Hospital	19
	Union subcentre	Outpatient only	1275
	Union health and family welfare centre	Outpatient only	87
	Union-level facilities under DGFP
	Mother and child welfare centre	Hospital	24
	Union health and family welfare centre	Outpatient only	3924
Ward	Community clinic	Outpatient only	13 442

Adapted from Bangladesh Health Facility Survey 2017.⁷³

DGFP, Directorate General of Family Planning; DGHS, Directorate General of Health Services.