Improving Health Care.

The health system in Uganda is based on a referral system, existing of different levels of health care. The healthcare provider in charge of the Health Center can refer the patient to a higher level and this can be continued until reaching the highest level. Hospital services are provided by the public, Private Not for Profit (PNFP), Private Health Practitioners (PHP), and Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practitioners . The private sector provides about 50% of reported services (they are however expensive and cant be afforded by the majority). Public health service in Uganda is provided without user fees; however, user fees in private wings of public hospitals remain. This means that Public Health facilities are the most used because they are affordable and easily accessible especially in rural areas.

80% of the Uganda population live in rural areas. The main referral health facility is rural areas is a Health Centre III. These health facilities are the most accessed and used, but unfortunately they are the most under facilitated. Most of these health centres have no water supply, and have no electricity.

 Suubi Community Projects gave priority to this level of health facilities. With funding from BridgIT Water Foundation, we have already successfully provided water supply systems to 4 health centre IIIs. The impact was immediate and great.

• Patients no longer have to carry water to use at the health centre, and this has greatly improved the confidence of people to access health care.
  Staff members can now happily reside at the health facilities and this has resulted in timely and better care for patients and other service provision
• The water systems are shared with the surrounding community and this has improved the relationship between the health facility and the community people.
• Incidences of water borne diseases has greatly reduced.
• Other than providing these health facilities with safe water supply, Suubi Community Projects also works with funders to provide the facilities with solar lighting, laboratory equipment, delivery beds as well as other needed supplies.