Table 1.
Local names and numbers of community health worker, primary health centres and referral health facilities in 2018, by country
DRC | Nigeria | Uganda | ||||
Name | N | Name | N | Name | N | |
Community health worker | Site de Soins Communautaire (Community Care Site) | 42 | Community oriented resource person | 500 | Village health team | 5100 |
Primary health centre |
Poste de Santé (Health Post) Centre de Santé (Health Centre) |
152 | Health post Primary health centre |
77 | Health centre II | 30 |
Referral health facility |
Centre de Santé de Référence (Referral Health Centre) and Hôpital Général de Référence (General Referral Hospital) |
19 | Cottage hospital | 3 | Health centre III Health centre IV hospital |
20 |
DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.