Panyangasi Health Center III, a government health facility, about 5 km from Kidera village, services 6,989 households in Rubongi Sub-County in addition to Kidera village. The Health Center does not have adequate facilities/equipment, especially in the maternity ward. With the help of the Global Grant, the following items were financed: furniture and the expansion of a building as well as the rainwater harvest system tanks to improve hygiene; establish hand washing, among other things.

Additional investments were made, e.g. in a blood analyser. Equipment from hospitals from Austria like urine analyser, microscopes, furniture and other equipment like an ultrasound scanner to detect breech presentations at an early stage have been supplied in the container shipped to Kidera in 2023.
The upgrading of the Panyangasi Health Centre continues to progress steadily, with an incinerator being the next investment.

The governmental Health Centers only have a limited amount of medication, which is delivered quarterly. Once the medication has been used up, people often have to wait weeks for new supplies. The first Family Health Days were launched as part of the Global Grant project.

In addition, three more Health Days and a week-long Dental Camp have been financed and carried out. During these two-day Health Days, a team of experienced doctors and nurses from Uganda and Austria examine, treat and supply medication to up to 1,000 people on an outpatient basis.

Organised by an experienced team of dentists from Europe, a one-week Dental Camp has taken place so far, during which local dentists were also trained and involved. More than 1,000 people, who often cannot afford treatments costing as low as € 5, were treated. Particularly severe cases were referred to the hospital and the treatment costs were covered.

Further Health Days and Dental Camps are planned.

In Uganda, maternal and neonatal mortality is high. Every day, 15 women die in Uganda from pregnancy and childbirth-related causes, 94 babies are stillborn and 81 newborn babies die.

In Kidera and surrounding most women, even pregnant women, have to walk to several kilometers to reach Panyangasi Health Center III. Some of them die on the way because they bleed to death.

To ensure that help can be provided in time, an ambulance tricycle has been provided that is equipped with a bed and basic medical supplies. A driver has been trained accordingly and the nursing staff have been trained to recognise what to look out for during the journey.

With this ambulance tricycle, expectant mothers, children, the elderly and seriously ill people can be picked up from their homes. Health workers accompany the people and can assist the mother or patients.

Qualified medical and nursing staff play an invaluable role in the functioning of hospitals and the overall quality of the health system in Uganda, especially in public institutions. High-quality and relevant training and education are a prerequisite for this. However, poor working conditions and the lack of payment of outstanding salaries make it difficult to provide the necessary care for patients.

At Panyangasi Health Centre III, a team has been formed around Medical Officer Remigio Epuwat, which looks after patients and expectant mothers with great dedication and commitment.

Nevertheless, there is a lack of higher qualifications. Therefore, training to operate the ultrasound equipment for midwife Rebecca was financed.
In addition, Remigio Epuwat, who completed a three-year program successfully as a Clinical Office, has been able, with our help, to start the study of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the Kampala International University, Western Campus since 2023. Remigio will graduate in 2028/29.

This 5-year degree program is very expensive and financial support is still urgently requested.