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The Project for Construction of Maternity Inpatient Blocks in Kiboga and Kyankwanzi Districts
1. Project Detail
Organisation |
Infectious Disease Institute |
Amount of funding |
US$ 109,566 |
Signatory |
Mr. Fred Wangolo, Finance and Administration Director |
Name of the project |
The Project for Construction of Maternity Inpatient Blocks in Kiboga and Kyankwanzi Districts |
Location of the project |
Kiboga and Kyankwanzi Districts |
Items that were funded through this project |
Construction of 2 maternity inpatient blocks |
Date of Grant Signing |
21st November 2013 |
Kiboga and Kyankwanzi Districts are located in central Uganda. Bukomeero and Ntwetwe Health Centre IVs are the only hospitals that provide free maternity services in the two districts for the population of over 400,000 people. The health centres have well trained midwives and nurses who can care mothers, but lack adequate spaces for the services. Even after utilizing spaces in general wards and immunization halls, the health centres do not have enough spaces for expectant mothers who would need close attention. As a result, mothers are sent back home only to come back for labor. This increases the risk of home births without care and the death toll of both mothers and babies. The project will improve timely access to maternity services for over 9,000 women by constructing a maternity inpatient block at each health centre.
2. Grant Contract Ceremony
H.E. Junzo Fujita, the Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, and Mr. Fred Wangolo, Finance and Administration Director, have signed the grant contract with on 21st November 2013 at the Embassy of Japan.
Ambassador signing the Grant Contract Handing over of the Grant Contract
Speech by implementing organization Commemorative photo
