Uganda gets sh600m for health care
Sep 29, 2010
THE Japanese Government has approved a grant of over sh600m to Uganda for the provision of palliative care to people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer and for infrastructural development in health facilities.
By Pascal Kwesiga
THE Japanese Government has approved a grant of over sh600m to Uganda for the provision of palliative care to people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer and for infrastructural development in health facilities.
The Japanese ambassador to Uganda, Keiichi Kato, signed the grant contracts with four organisations engaged in community development projects at the Japan embassy headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday. The funds will be channelled through hospice Uganda.
About $102,320 (sh204m) will be used to construct out-patient departments at Pope John’s hospital in Oyam district, with emphasis on maternal and child health units.
Another $42,659 (about sh85m) will be used for the procurement of clinical equipment and furniture for the clinical department to improve palliative care to people living with HIV and cancer patients in Kampala district.
A total of $49,731 (about sh99m) will go to the construction of the general ward at St Lucia Kagamba health centre IV in Ntungamo district, while $101, 536 (about sh203m) will be used to construct 13 boreholes in Amuria district to improve safe water coverage.
THE Japanese Government has approved a grant of over sh600m to Uganda for the provision of palliative care to people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer and for infrastructural development in health facilities.
The Japanese ambassador to Uganda, Keiichi Kato, signed the grant contracts with four organisations engaged in community development projects at the Japan embassy headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday. The funds will be channelled through hospice Uganda.
About $102,320 (sh204m) will be used to construct out-patient departments at Pope John’s hospital in Oyam district, with emphasis on maternal and child health units.
Another $42,659 (about sh85m) will be used for the procurement of clinical equipment and furniture for the clinical department to improve palliative care to people living with HIV and cancer patients in Kampala district.
A total of $49,731 (about sh99m) will go to the construction of the general ward at St Lucia Kagamba health centre IV in Ntungamo district, while $101, 536 (about sh203m) will be used to construct 13 boreholes in Amuria district to improve safe water coverage.