HIGHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL ... - Mbarara District

Table 3.8: Public Health/ Environmental Health Education
No of health inspectors
No of sensitization/Health Education meetings held by theme, in a year
Proportion of building plans approved
Number of inspections of food vendors conducted
Number of village health teams trained
Percentage of households using hand-washing facilities
Percentage of households with kitchen
Percentage of households with bathroom
Percentage of households with boiled / treated drinking water 70%
Percentage latrine coverage 90%
Source: Health Department
Table 3.9: Tuberculosis, and Onchocerciasis
Number of patients suffering from TB 1189
TB District coverage as compared to the national 85
Number of TB diagonistic centers 14
Number of TB treatment centres 28
Source: HMISDATABANK 2010
Table 3.10: Maternal and Child health (MCH)
Supervised deliveries by skilled personnel (proportion of supervised deliveries to
those who attended antenatal)
40%
No of pregnant mothers receiving antenatal and postnatal care 17267
Contraceptive prevalence rate/No. of mothers practicing family planning 24791 (30%)
Total number of deliveries 8740
Number of HIV positive deliveries 768
Number of HIV Positive deliveries given (and swallowed) NVP during labour 275
Number of HIV positive deliveries swallowed AZT and Nevirapine 10
Number of HIV positive deliveries receiving other regimen for PMTCT (specify
regimen)
26
Number of positive mothers initiating exclusive breastfeeding
Source: HMISDATABANK 2010
546
Table 3.11: AIDS Control (Prevalence, control and treatment)
Prevalence rate for Mbarara District is 5.9%. In the district, urban centres have a prevalence rate of
10.96% and 5.8% for rural.
Prevalence rate among females 8%
Prevalence rate among males 5%
Number of VCT service centres 32
Number of people counselled 54476
Number of people tested for HIV 53243
Number of people tested HIV positive 6219
Source: HMISDATABANK 2010
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816
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25%
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