2.1. Study Area

The study was carried out at three randomly selected AAR clinics located in Kampala district, central region of Uganda. Kampala is the largest city with the highest population of 1,507,080 million [23] and has a combination of people with various socioeconomic status, level of education, living conditions, densely populated, and various water sources for routine home use. The selected clinics include City Centre Clinic which is along Parliamentary Avenue, Acacia Clinic located in Kololo, Makindu close, and Bweyogerere Clinic which is along Kampala-Jinja Highway as shown in Figure 1. These clinics mainly offer outpatient clinical services to both insured and private clients; however, the biggest proportion of their clients was insured.

A map showing the location of study sites (inset is the map of Uganda). Note: this map was generated in QGIS as it cannot be changed to other editable formats.