Factors affecting utilization of health facilities for labour and childbirth: a case study from rural Uganda

Table 1 Health Centre categories in Uganda

Infrastructure Level	Administrative Level	Target Population	Services Provided
Health Centre I	Village	1000	Community based health care prevention, VHTs^a
Health Centre II	Parish	5000	Preventative, curative care, outreach
Health Centre III	Sub-county	20,000	Preventative, curative, outreach, inpatient, maternity, labouratory services
Health Centre IV	County	100,000	Preventative, curative, outreach, inpatient, blood transfusion and surgical care

^a VHTs are made up of volunteer community health workers that provide preventative health education to community members

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