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The Project for Construction of a Maternity Ward at Bubangizi Health Center in Mitooma District
1. Project Detail
Organisation |
Bubangizi Health Centre |
Amount of funding |
US$ 98,710 |
Signatory |
Sr. Tusiime Daphroza, Incharge |
Name of the project |
The Project for Construction of a Maternity Ward at Bubangizi Health Center in Mitooma District |
Location of the project |
Mitooma District |
Items that were funded through this project |
Construction of a maternity ward, procurement of 2 delivery beds, 18 inpatient beds and 58 mosquito nets |
Date of Grant Signing |
18th December 2012 |
Commissioning date |
19th February 2014 |
Commissioning time |
3:00pm |
Commissioning venue |
Bugangizi Health Centre, Miooma |
Mitooma District is located in south western Uganda and Bugangizi Health Centre is the only health centre offering maternity services in the district. The health centre has well trained midwives and nurses who can tend mothers, but lacks adequate space for the services. Even after utilizing spaces in general wards and immunization halls, there is still not enough space for expectant mothers who would need close attention. Consequently, mothers are sent back home only to come back for labor which increases the risk of delivering at home by themselves and the death toll of both mothers and babies. The project has constructed a maternity ward, provided 2 delivery beds, 18 inpatient beds and 58 mosquito nets for the patients to improve the health service delivery for 106,900 people living in the area.
2. Grant Contract Ceremony
The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, H.E. Kazuo Minagawa, has signed the grant contract with Sr. Tusiime Daphroza, Incharge, on 18th December 2012 at the Embassy of Japan.
Ambassador signing in the Grant Contract Handing over of the Grant Contract
Speech of appreciation by Bubangizi health centre Commemorative photo
3. Handing Over Ceremony
The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, H.E. Junzo Fujita, attended the handing over ceremony at the Bubangizi Health Centre on 19th February 2014.
