BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNIT

St.Peter’s Health centre III Busibo is located in Lwengo District Kyazanga Sub-county, Katuulo Parish, and Village Busibo. It is located around 13 KM away from Kyazanga along Bijjaba road.

The health unit started operating in October 2012.It was founded by Masaka Diocese with support from Cotton on Foundation, an international Development Organisation based in Australia The health centre was established to serve the following objectives:

• To prevent Maternal, infant and child morbidity and Mortality through facility and Outreach based health service provision.
• To improve the quality in the management of common ailments; including infectious and non-infectious diseases and injuries.
• Increase the utilization of health services with major focus on Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child health services’.
• Increase access to specialized services like (Dental, ENT and Eye) services among the rural communities.
• To strengthen nutrition program at facility and community level
• To strengthen Health education and health promotion services