Development and upgrading of public primary healthcare facilities with essential surgical services infrastructure: a strategy towards achieving universal health coverage in Tanzania

Table 4 Construction and upgrading of dispensary and health center buildings by using force accounts, up to August 2019

Year	Total number of dispensaries constructed	Average Annual Rate of Increase (Dispensaries)	Total number of Health Centers constructed	Average Annual Rate of Increase (Health Centers)	Number of dispensaries renovated and upgraded	Number of health centers renovated/ constructed	Number of staff buildings constructed
2005	3038	0.031	333	0.046	0	0	0
2010	3550	0.050	420	0.042	0	0	0
2015	4554	0.016	518	0.048	0	0	0
2019	4922		716		181	350^a	390

^aConstruction of health centers, outpatient departments, operating theatres, laboratories, pediatric and maternity wards, as well as waste management facilities like incinerators and placenta pits

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