Table 1 Descriptive information of health workers in Uganda.
Item | Hospital | Populat-ion per health worker | Post secondary training (years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salary scale (annual start salary in UGX)* | HCIV | General | Regional | National | |||
Number | - | 166 | 47 | 13 | 2 | - | - |
Vacancies (%) | - | 40 | 43 | 28 | 10.5 | - | - |
Population covered | - | 100,000 | 500,000 | 2,000,000 | 35,000,000 | - | - |
Clinical officer | U5c 3,250,000 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 50 | 5583 | 3 |
Medical officer | U5a-3 6,500,000 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 7272 | 5 |
Surgeons | U3 7,600,000 | - | 1 | 5 | 30 | 171,568 | 8 |
Obstetrician | U3 7,600,000 | - | 1 | 5 | 40 | 282,258 | 8 |