Kyetume Community
Based Health Care Programme was incepted by Christian
Churches of Kyetume Parish to advance initiatives geared
toward health and socioeconomic development within Kyetume
and Mukono District in general in Uganda.

Kyetume CBHCP strives to improve the general
health standards of under-served rural people within Mukono
District and Uganda at large by influencing the behaviour
of rural communities using a community based involvement/participatory
approach. The organization is shaped by Christian values
as witnessed in the Gospel Commission of Matthew 4:23 -
25.
Our foremost accomplishment
is that of our health centre at Kyetume that has been declared
a Health Centre III by the Uganda Ministry of Health, in
which our maternity ward and our use of anti-retroviral
treatments for patients with HIV/AIDS have been publicly
recognized. We are also proud of this health centre’s
automation lab. It gives us the capacity to carry out complete
blood counts for all types of blood cells and to measure
the amount of CD4 cells in an HIV infected person. We also
have the means to monitor the functionality of the liver
and kidneys. In addition, the Katosi Health Centre has been
added to our system and serves as an out post for the Lake
Victoria Landing sites in the Ntenjeru Sub-County.
At Kyetume CBHCP, we have a variety of
activities that we carry out regularly. As part of our maternal
and child health programme, 29 outreach centres are visited
every month for immunizations, child growth monitoring,
antenatal deworming, and other treatments.

* HIV/AIDS Program
Through the HIV/AIDS prevention and control
project, we provide antiretroviral treatments as well as
care and support activities for the HIV infected and affected.
In addition, we support income generating opportunities
for women with HIV/AIDS.
* Water Sanitation, Orphan Support
Programme and Vocational Training
The water sanitation project includes spring
protection, provision of piped water to the Bukasa village,
construction of fuel saving stoves, and pump repairs. In
addition, we provide food security initiatives to schools
and to the community. Organic farming and heifer projects
target households with three or more orphans for nutrition
and income generation as part of the orphan support programme,
which also includes vocational training in tailoring and
computer skills.
* Reproductive Health Education
Through our sexual and reproductive health
rights promotion project we work with family life clubs
in schools, which serve as channels for learning life skills
and obtaining reproductive health supplies.
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