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Table 1 Health system data

From: Strengthening primary care for diabetes and hypertension in Eswatini: study protocol for a nationwide cluster-randomized controlled trial

Population

 

1,160,000

Health facilities

Tertiary care level

 
 

Hospitals

4

 

National Referral Hospitals

3

 

Regional Hospital

7

 

Public Health Units

8

 

Primary care level

 
 

Primary care clinic (public)

118

Health workforce

  
 

Physicians

126

 

Nurses

1505

 

Community health workers (Rural Health Motivators)

 > 3000

  1. Sources: Eswatini Ministry of Health: Human resources for health strategic plan (2019-2023), unpublished and UN population estimates [6]