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. 2022 Oct 17;22:1927. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14305-3

Table 1.

Refugee settlements in Uganda regrouped by region

Settlement Mid point population size (March 2020 –March 2021) Country of origina Opening date Number of health facilities by level
Total Level II Level III Level IV
West Nile region
 Adjumanib 203,517 SSD 2014 17 12 4 1
 BidiBidi 233,892 SSD Aug 2016 17 1 16
 Imvepi 66,633 SSD Feb 2017 6 5 1
 Rhino camp 119,873 SSD 1980 12 5 5 2
 Palabek 54,738 SSD 2016 3 2 1
 Palorinya 123,034 SSD Dec 2016 9 4 5
Center region
 Kiryandongo 67,892 SSD 1990 and reopened in 2014 3 2 2
 Kyangwali 119,872 DRC 1960 10 5 4 1
South region
 Kyaka II 124,233 DRC 2005 3 3
 Oruchinga 7,936 DRC, BDI, RWA 1959 2 1 1
 Nakivale 124,676 DRC, BDI, SOM 1958 6 4 1 1
 Rwamwanja 72,562 DRC 2012 6 5 1
Other (excluded from analysis)
 Kampalac 91,193 SOM, DRC, others

Sources of data: i) UNHCR population data

a SSD: South Sudan; DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo; BDI: Burundi; RWA: Rwanda; SOM: Somalia

b Adjumani settlements encompasses 18 smaller settlements

c Kampala is not a settlement; rather this represents the estimated number of refugees living in the Uganda capital Kampala. Kampala was not included in the study