Profile of health care workers in a context of instability: a cross-sectional study of four rural health zones in eastern DR Congo (lessons learned)

Table 1 Characteristics of rural health districts, eastern DR Congo, years 2017 to 2019

	Health districts				Standard
Features	Idjwi	Katana	Walungu	Mulungu
Territory	Idjwi	Kabare	Walungu	Shabunda
Population	294,209	236,986	285,669	170,439	≥ 100 000
Area (sqkm)	681	400	800	6.500
Density (inhabitants/sqkm)	432	592	357	26
Number of health areas	21	18	23	20	10–20
Number of hospitals	4	2	3	2	1
Number of other agents	280	364	165	341
Number of health centers	21	18	23	20
Health coverage (CS /10,000 hab) %	72%	75%	79%	117%	≥ 80%
Number of doctors	8	10	9	7
Number of nurses	150	166	179	98
Number of doctors /10,000 hab	0.27	0.42	0.31	0.41	1/10000
Number of nurses / 5000 hab	2.54	3.53	3.14	2.88	1/5000
Manager	BDOM^a	BDOM	State	State
Partner	BDOM, AAP, IRC^b	BDOM, AAP, LC^c	LC, AAP	MSF^d, ICRC^e
Crisis situation	Stable	Post-crisis	Post-crisis	In crisis
Performance of health zones (%)	75.3*	79.9*	58.6*	52.3*	≥ 75%
Average performance of the Provincial Health Division of South Kivu for the three years covered by the study				66.1

*Average performance of health zones for the three years concerned by the study (2017–2018–2019). ^aBDOM = Bureau Diocésain des Œuvres Médicales (The Diocesan Office of Medical Works), Catholic faith-based. ^bIRC = The International Rescue Committee. ^cLC = Louvain Cooperation. ^dMSF = Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). ^eICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross. AAP = Agence d’Achat des performances

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