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The Project for Construction of a Maternity Ward at St Paul’s Health Centre
1. Project Detail
| Organisation | St. Paul’s Health Centre |
Amount of funding |
US $ 90,544 |
Signatory |
Mr. Josephat Bwalhuma, Administrator |
Name of the project |
The Project for Construction of a Maternity Ward at St. Paul’s Health Centre |
Location of the project |
Kasese District |
Items that were funded through this project |
Construction of a Maternity Ward and Procurement of Medical Equipment |
Date of Grant Signing |
20 December 2010 |
Date of Commissioning |
28 February 2012 |
St. Paul’s Health Centre was established in 1989 by Church of Uganda. It lies under the Mountains of Rwenzori near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. Kasese is the region where the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) had been active during 1990s, and its public infrastructure is generally under-developed. The Health Centre is one of the major health facilities in Kasese district where average of 81 babies are delivered per month; however, due to the lack of a maternity ward, mothers and infants had been admitted in the already overcrowded general ward together with other patients, exposed to a danger of cross infection. By the project, a new maternity ward has been constructed and medical equipment procured to improve the health service at the Centre.
2. Handing Over Ceremony
The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, Mr. Kazuo Minagawa, attended the handing over ceremony at St. Paul’s Health Centre, Kasese District, on 18th February 2012.
Tape Cut by the Ambassador Reading up the plaque wording
Ambassador inspecting the maternity ward Mothers’ group singing the welcoming song
Singing the national anthems Ambassador planting the memorial tree
