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. 2022 May 17;7(5):e008346. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008346

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.