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Table 1 Uganda Profile

From: Implementing integrated care clinics for HIV-infection, diabetes and hypertension in Uganda (INTE-AFRICA): process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Income levels

Low income level (GNI per capita income of $8401)

Population size

49, 332,360 2

HIV prevalence

6.2% 3

Diabetes prevalence

4.5% 4

Hypertension prevalence

31.5% 5

Doctors density/100 000 population

0.1((2015)6.

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  2. 2. United Nations (2022). Worldometer. Available at www.worldometers.info/world-population/uganda-population/
  3. 3. The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) (2016–2017) (2018). Available at 3430•PHIA-Uganda-SS_NEW.v14.pdf (columbia.edu)
  4. 4. International Diabetes Federation (2021). Diabetes Atlas. Available at https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.DIAB.ZS?locations=UG
  5. 5. Lunyera J, Kirenga B, Stanifer JW, Kasozi S, van der Molen T, Katagira W, et al. (2018) Geographic differences in the prevalence of hypertension in Uganda: Results of a national epidemiological study. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0201001. Available at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0201001
  6. 6. World Health Organization (2022). Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data. Available at
  7. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS?locations=UG
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