Table 1.

The health facility classification in Uganda

Level of Health Unit	Target population	Services provided and structures
Village Health Teams (Health Centre I)	1,000.	First contact for populations living in rural areas providing community-based preventive and health- promotion services, community mobilisation and referral of sick members to health facilities. No physical structures
Health Centre II	5,000	Parish-level facility offering Disease Prevention, Health Promotion and Outpatient Curative Health Services for uncomplicated conditions, antenatal care and immunisation for children.
Health Centre III	20,000	Sub county-level facility offering Preventive, Health Promotion, Outpatient Curative, Maternity, inpatient Health Services and Laboratory services for malaria testing and tuberculosis microscopy
Health Centre IV	100,000	County-level facility offering disease Preventive services, Health Promotion, Outpatient Curative, Maternity, inpatient Health Services, Emergency surgery and Blood transfusion and Laboratory services
General Hospital	500,000	District-level facility. In addition to services offered at HC IV, offers general services and in-service training, consultation and research to community based health care programs.
Regional Referral Hospital	2,000,000	In addition to services offered at the general hospital, offers specialist services, such as psychiatry, Ear, Nose and Throat, Ophthalmology, dentistry, intensive care, radiology, pathology, higher-level surgical and medical services.
National Referral Hospital	10,000,000	Offers comprehensive specialist services and are involved in teaching and research.

Source: Ministry of Health Annual Health Sector Performance report 2018–2019.