St. George Hope Health centre is located in Igayaza Birembo sub-county Kibaale District mid-western Uganda and is registered by the ministry of Health under the Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council (certificate serial No. 992). The facility was established and is managed by Sustainable Action for Rural Sector (SARS) a local NGO registered by Uganda National NGO Board
St. George Hope Health centre is located in Igayaza Birembo sub-county Kibaale District mid-western Uganda and is registered by the ministry of Health under the Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council (certificate serial No. 992). The facility was established and is managed by Sustainable Action for Rural Sector (SARS) a local NGO registered by Uganda National NGO Board
SERVICES OFFERED
The health facility offers different services but not limited to the following:
- Reproductive Health and family planning services
- Maternity and antenatal services
- Nutrition and domestic hygiene education
- HIV / AIDS sensitization, counselling, Home based care, prevention and treatment
- Vaccination / Immunization
- Treatment of other traditional disease cases
- Primary Health care education and sanitation
- Train volunteer service providers from the community.
The facility offers health and socio support programmes to the vulnerable community of Bugangaizi Kibaale District which experiences chronicle poverty, high level of illiteracy, poor hygiene and sanitation among households, poor nutrition, poor housing and clothing this lead to high prevalence rate of diseases such as malaria, dysentery, diarrhoea, malnutrition, skin diseases, abdominal diseases, STIs, and HIV&AIDS to mention but a few. General limitation to health information, and lack of family planning and reproductive health facilities, lack of PMTCT programmes, on top of area remoteness there are few service providers to help out the deserving population. This has culminated into high infant and maternal mortality rates, mother to child HIV transmission, increased witchcraft dependency, domestic violence, and all forms of social conflict.
OUR REQUEST
Any support rendered to St. George towards the mitigation of the said above challenges is welcome. This will help us offer comprehensive health services to the vulnerable rural population especially mothers and children.
