Table 1.
Key characteristics of 80 Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities, five countries (2016–2017)
| Cambodia | Ghana | Mozambique | Nigeria | Tanzania | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Health facilities visited | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Location | Urban | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Peri-urban | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rural | 14 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 12 | |
| Type | Health Centre | 16 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 4 |
| Health Post/ CHPS/ Health Dispensary | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| Maternal/Child Health Clinic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Outpatient care only | No | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Yes | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | |
| Number of health staff | Clinician / nurse / midwife/ AMO / CO | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
| CHW/CHN/CHEW | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Workload | Patient load per month | 1860 | 1041 | 8728 | 429 | 837 |
| Patient load per day | 85 | 47 | 397 | 20 | 38 | |
| Patient load per day per health staff | 14 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 10 |
CHPS Community-Based Health Planning and Services, AMO Assistant Medical Officer, CO Clinical Officer, CHW Community Health Worker, CHN Community Health Nurse, CHEW Community Health Extension Worker