Quality of care for children with acute malnutrition at health center level in Uganda: a cross sectional study in West Nile region during the refugee crisis

Table 1 Key characteristics of the health facilities

Variable	Health facility
Variable	HC 1	HC 2	HC 3	HC 4	HC 5	HC 6	Totals
Health Center level^a	IV	III	III	III	III	III	–
Estimated population coverage	32,000	3960	22,548	13,779	2500	21,662	96,449
Children diagnosed with acute malnutrition^b	318	292	116	151	82	61	1020
Number of staff assigned to the nutritional unit	2	2	3	1	3	2	13
Nutritional staff qualification
Clinical officer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Enrolled nurse/midwife	1	1	1	0	3	2	8
Nursing assistant	0	1	2	1	0	0	4
Staff trained in IMAM guideline	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

^aLevels of primary health care in Uganda is tiered into health center I,II,III and IV
^bHMIS data July 2015 – June 2016 (financial year)

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