Contracting-out primary health care services in Tanzania towards UHC: how policy processes and context influence policy design and implementation

Table 2 Key demographic and health characteristics of the study districts

Key Indicator	Iringa	Ikungi	Lushoto	Kilwa
Population	254,032	272,959	332,436	200,015
Population growth rate	1.6%	2.4%	1.1%	0.9%
Hospitals	1	2	2	2
Health Centres	6	3	5	5
Dispensaries	61	32	46	47
Divisions	6	4	5	6
Wards	25	28	33	23
Villages	143	101	125	91
Health workers available^a	37%	39.5%	43%	31%
Shortage of health workers^a	63%	60.5%	57%	69%

Source: CCHPs (2017/2018); Census Report 2012; ^a Based on the Ministry of health human resources for health data 2014

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