COVID-19 epidemiology and changes in health service utilization in Uganda’s refugee settlements during the first year of the pandemic

Table 1 Refugee settlements in Uganda regrouped by region

Settlement	Mid point population size (March 2020 –March 2021)	Country of origin^a	Opening date	Number of health facilities by level
				Total	Level II	Level III	Level IV
West Nile region
Adjumani^b	203,517	SSD	2014	17	12	4	1
BidiBidi	233,892	SSD	Aug 2016	17	1	16
Imvepi	66,633	SSD	Feb 2017	6	5	1
Rhino camp	119,873	SSD	1980	12	5	5	2
Palabek	54,738	SSD	2016	3	2	1
Palorinya	123,034	SSD	Dec 2016	9	4	5
Center region
Kiryandongo	67,892	SSD	1990 and reopened in 2014	3	2	2
Kyangwali	119,872	DRC	1960	10	5	4	1
South region
Kyaka II	124,233	DRC	2005	3		3
Oruchinga	7,936	DRC, BDI, RWA	1959	2	1	1
Nakivale	124,676	DRC, BDI, SOM	1958	6	4	1	1
Rwamwanja	72,562	DRC	2012	6	5	1
Other (excluded from analysis)
Kampala^c	91,193	SOM, DRC, others	–

Sources of data: i) UNHCR population data
^a SSD: South Sudan; DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo; BDI: Burundi; RWA: Rwanda; SOM: Somalia
^b Adjumani settlements encompasses 18 smaller settlements
^c Kampala is not a settlement; rather this represents the estimated number of refugees living in the Uganda capital Kampala. Kampala was not included in the study

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