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Table 1 The distribution of health facilities assessed in terms of district, region, type, and category

From: Health facility preparedness for cholera outbreak response in four cholera-prone districts in Cameroon: a cross sectional study

Indicator

Modalities

Far North region

Littoral Region

Total

Kousseri (N = 15)

Mada (N = 11)

Total FN (N = 26)

Deido (N = 60)

Nylon (N = 48)

Total LT (N = 108)

LT + FN (N = 134)

N

%

n

%

N

%

n

%

n

%

N

%

n

%

Type of HF

Public

13

86.7

10

90.9

23

88.5

6

10.0

5

10.4

11

10.2

34

25.4

Private

2

13.3

1

9.1

3

10.5

54

90.0

43

89.6

97

89.8

100

74.6

Category of HF

Health Centre

12

80.0

7

63.6

19

73

40

67.9

30

62.5

70

64.9

89

67.0

Sub-divisional Hospital

1

6.7

3

27.3

4

15.4

5

8.5

6

12.5

11

10.2

15

11.3

District Hospital

0

0.0

1

9.1

1

3.8

3

5.1

1

2.1

4

3.7

5

3.8

Regional Hospital

1

6.7

0

0.0

1

3.8

1

1.7

0

0.0

1

0.9

2

1.5

Central Hospital

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

3.4

0

0.0

2

1.9

2

1.1

Others

1

6.7

0

0.0

1

3.8

8

13.6

11

22.9

19

17.6

20

15.0

Presence of a Medical doctor

2

13.3

1

9.1

3

11.5

29

48.3

28

58.3

57

52.8

60

44.8

Presence of a Nurse

15

100.0

10

90.9

25

96.1

60

100.0

48

100.0

108

100.0

133

99.3

Presence of a lab Technician

9

60.0

3

27.3

12

46.1

55

91.7

42

87.5

97

89.8

109

81.3

Presence of cholera specific bed

1

6.7

0

0.0

1

3.8

1

1.7

1

2.1

2

1.9

3

2.2

Presence of an isolation room

5

33.3

2

18.2

7

26.9

5

8.3

1

2.1

6

5.6

13

9.7

Presence of hospitalization room

12

80.0

8

72.7

20

76.9

59

98.3

47

97.9

106

98.1

125

94.0

Presence of shift services

8

55.3

6

54.3

14

53.8

55

91.7

41

85.4

96

88.9

110

82.1

HF opened 24/24H all year round

8

53.3

5

45.5

13

50.0

55

91.7

43

89.6

98

90.7

111

82.8