Table 1.
Characteristics of survey responses in the WHO global survey of IPC programmes, 2019*
| All selected responses (n=4440) | |
|---|---|
| WHO regions | |
| African | 698 (15·7%) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 523 (11·8%) |
| Europe | 1393 (31·4%) |
| Americas | 557 (12·5%) |
| South-East Asia | 517 (11·6%) |
| Western Pacific | 752 (16·9%) |
| World Bank income level | |
| Low-income | 173 (3·9%) |
| Lower-middle-income | 728 (16·4%) |
| Upper-middle-income | 1638 (36·9%) |
| High-income | 1901 (42·8%) |
| Participation in nationally coordinated data collection | |
| Yes | 1751 (39·4%) |
| No | 2689 (60·6%) |
| Facility type | |
| Public | 2554 (57·5%) |
| Private | 689 (15·5%) |
| Other† | 1197 (27·0%) |
| Facility level of care | |
| Primary | 1419 (32·0%) |
| Secondary | 879 (19·8%) |
| Tertiary | 702 (15·8%) |
| Other‡ | 1440 (32·4%) |
Data are n (%). IPCAF=Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework.
*
n=4440, but 4192 (94·4%) were fully completed for all IPCAF core components.
†
Includes mixed private-public health-care facilities, mission hospitals, or unspecified.
‡
Includes specialised centres (cardiology, HIV, nephrology, neurology, oncology, obstetrics, plastic surgery, palliative care, rehabilitation, tuberculosis, or unspecified).