Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Mubende Hospital is a hospital in the town of

Mubende Mubende is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mubende District and is the location of the district headquarters. Location Mubende is approximately , by road, west of Kampal ...

, in the Central Region of

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. It is the referral hospital for the districts of

Mityana Mityana, is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mityana District, and the district headquarters are located there. Location Mityana is approximately , by road, west of Kampa ...

Kiboga Kiboga is a town in the Buganda Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kiboga District, and the district headquarters are located there. Location Kiboga is located approximately northwest of Kamp ...

, and

Kyankwanzi Kyankwanzi is a District in Buganda Region of Uganda. It is one of the major political and economic centres of Kyankwanzi District and the district headquarters are located in Butemba Town Council. Location Kyankwanzi Town in Kyankwanzi Distric ...

Location

Mubende Regional Referral Hospital is located on Old Kampala Road, in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of the municipal of

, about west of

Mulago National Referral Hospital Mulago National Specialised Hospital, also known as Mulago National Referral Hospital, is a component of Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching facility of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. It is the largest public hospital in Ug ...

. This is approximately east of

Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Fort Portal Hospital, sometimes referred to as Buhinga Hospital, is a hospital in the town of Fort Portal, in Fort Portal District, Western Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the dis ...

. The coordinates of Mubende Hospital are 0°34'03.0"N, 31°23'35.0"E (Latitude:0.567496; Longitude:31.393041).

Overview

Mubende Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the

Uganda Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for planning, delivering, and maintaining an efficient and effective healthcare delivery system, including preventive, curative, and rehabilitative service ...

and general care in the hospital is free. It is one of the thirteen Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda. The hospital is designated as one of the fifteen Internship Hospitals in Uganda where graduates of Ugandan medical schools can serve one year of internship under the supervision of qualified specialists and consultants. The hospital serves a catchment population estimated at about 610,600 people, as of July 2020. The hospital collaborates with Mildmay Uganda, in the implementation of the ''Accelerating Epidemic Control Project'' against

HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...

, that covers the districts of Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Mityana, Luweero, Kassanda, Nakasongola and Nakaseke. The project is funded by the United States'

Centers for Disease Control The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgi ...

and by the

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief The United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a United States governmental initiative to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President Geor ...

(PEPFAR). In July 2020, the project was in its third consecutive year of implementation.

References

External links

Mubende District Internet Portal
{{Mubende District Hospitals in Uganda Mubende District Central Region, Uganda Teaching hospitals in Uganda

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