Location    

St. Denis Kyango Health Center III is located in Kyotera District Kalisizo Sub – county Kyango Village 2kilometers from Kalisizo town along Ddimu road.

Back ground

St. Denis Kyango was started in 1986 as a dispensary by the Late Rev. Fr. Denis Ddamulira on a private basis to enable the community access the basic health services. In 2002 it was registered as a Health centre III and later handed over to Masaka Diocese which is the current management body.

Ownership

St. Denis Kyango Health Center III is private not for profit owned by Masaka Diocese under the supervision of Diocesan health coordinator in conjunction with Uganda catholic Medical Bureau.

Catchment population

The health unit severs 3920 people covering Jongoza, Kyango, Kakuza, Kikondo and Mitondo villages. It also extends its services to Kalisizo, Lwankoni, Kyesiiga, Kyanamukaka and Kirumba sub counties.

Services offered  

The health centre offers services as below;

• Outpatient services
• Inpatient services
• Laboratory services
• Maternity services
• Antenatal services
• Immunization services
• Natural family planning
• HIV testing, Counseling, Care and Treatment.

Brief history of the health unit

Since the health unit started in 1986, it has had several in charges from the late Dr Mukasa, then Dr. Wagumbulizi followed by several in charges who Departed few years after appointment due to poor administration and management of human resource. It is currently headed by Muwonge Innocent who was appointed in 2014 and is the Long lasting in charge.

Table 1: Accessibility. 

The accessibility has been improving from 2014 after the new HUMC and In charge were appointed almost in every department as illustrated in the table below.

services	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Outpatients	637	4125	6412	9887	9796	10201
inpatients	101	914	1018	1204	1585	1731
deliveries	25	59	121	148	173	194
ANC	72	95	208	231	271	374
BCG	52	63	58	112	133	155
DPT1	115	65	67	122	114	142
DPT3	66	51	68	95	96	119
Measles	48	45	73	59	91	79

Health Unit Performance 

Financial year	Outpatient	Impatient	Deliveries	Antenatal care
2020-21	10421	1464	189	430
2021-22	11898	1926	229	436
2022-23	9556	1581	251	422
2023-24	8815	1209	227	506

Vision

• A health and reconciled life for all individuals their families and communities

Mission

• In faithfulness to the mission of Christ, we provide professional and sustainable health services, through partnership to enable the population live their life to the full.

Goal

• To contribute to the provision of quality and sustainable health services to the community.

Core Values

• God first
• Respect for human life
• Non-discrimination
• Patient centered
• Transparency and accountability
• Teamwork

Staff Composition

The Health unit currently has 8 staffs, 5 are clinical 1 is a cashier and 2 are support staff that work as a team headed by the in charge.
They are namely;

1. Muwonge Innocent – In charge
2. Mugumya James – Clinical Officer
3. Owashaba Hildah – Lab Assistant
4. Bwegombe Irene – Midwife
5. Nakayima Tereza Mourene – (BCM), Clinician
6. Nalubega Justine – Cashier
7. Bizimungu Joseph – Cleaner
8. Kakooza Vincent – Guard

HUMC Members

1. Rev. Henry Mulindwa, PhD (HUMAC Chairman).
2. Mrs. Jane Naluyiga Nyanzi
3. Mrs. Geturde Kakande
4. Mr. James Mulindwa
5. Mr. John Bosco Kivumbi
6. Ms. Florence Namugumya
7. Mr. Antonio Kalyango
8. Mr. Patrick Muwanga
9. Mr. Innocent Muwonge (In-charge)
10. Fr. Jude Kalungi
11. Fr. Emmanuel Katabaazi (ex-officio)