Research locations

Kamuli, the implementation district for PRIME, is a typical rural district in Eastern Uganda, with a population of approximately 500 800 people. The district has a fertility rate of 6.7, higher than the national average of 6.2 children per woman; a maternal mortality rate of 347 per 100 000 live births, compared with the national average of 438 per 100 000 live births and an infant mortality rate of 79 per 1000 live births, compared with the national average of 54 per 1000 live births.

The district was chosen out of the 112 districts in Uganda (a country with a population of 35.4 million people) mainly because it was typical of many rural districts in the country, with inadequate staffing and limited mental health service provision at primary care level. It could therefore form a model district if assisted to develop and operationalise its Mental Health Care Plan. Kamuli is a peaceful district and was not affected by insurgence in Northern Uganda. Administratively, the district is made up of two counties, ten subcounties and a number of parishes and villages. Like all other districts, healthcare in Kamuli is offered at five levels of care, in line with the national policy.

For more information, read Development of a district mental healthcare plan in Uganda in a special supplement on PRIME published in the British Journal of Psychiatry. 

Research team

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