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Table A2: The organizational structure and functions of government health services in Uganda
Level (Location Total
(public
facilities)
Total
(private -
not for -
profit
facilities)
Total
(private-
for profit
facilities)
Target
population
(public
facilities)
Function (government
facilities)
Village Health
Team in each
village
- - - 1,000 Community based preventive
and promotive services
Lower level
(level II)
primary care
facility (Parish
level).
1,662 496 1,391 5,000 Provides preventive, promotive
and outpatient curative
services, and emergency
maternal deliveries.
Mid – level
(level III)
primary care
facility (Sub-
county level)
868 251 69 20,000 Provides all the above services
in addition, it provides
inpatient, maternity and
laboratory services.
Higher level
(level IV)
primary care
facility (County
level)
166 14 8 100,000 Provides all the above services
in addition it provides blood
transfusion, laboratory
services. Supervises levels II
and III.
General
hospital
(District level)
50 62 21 500,000 District level referral facility.
Provides all the above services
but more comprehensive than
PCF IV. Services provided
include; Medicine, Surgery,
Obstetrics, Gynaecology,
Paediatrics, Family Medicine, X-
ray (Plane and mobile).
The district
health services
(District)
- - - 500,000 Stewardship of district health
services. Supervises all the
above facilities.
Regional
Hospitals
12 - - 2 million Provides all services provided
by a district level general
hospital. In addition, it provides
specialized services (Medicine,
Surgery, Obstetrics, Paediatrics,
ENT, Ophthalmology,
Orthopaedics, Anaesthesia,
Pathology, Psychiatry,
Dentistry, and community
medicine. Regional referrals