Annual Reports
We ensure transparency and accountability to the community and our donors. The Hospital accounts are externally audited every year and the auditors’ reports published.
What we need most is support that will help us to reduce our donor dependency rate as we continue the journey to a sustainable status.
Visitors who want to give something back to the community after their visit have funded most of the buildings in the Hospital.
The Hospital welcomes visitors and works with tour camps, tour operators & drivers, the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and community walk guides to encourage visitors who are interested to learn about what we do.All our services are greatly subsidized to enable the poorest of the poor access health care irrespective of their financial or geographic means.
We are a private not- for- profit community hospital. Most of the running costs of the Hospital come from donations, grants, and gifts from individuals, organisations and Foundations. Currently, 42% of BCH US$ 1.2 million annual operating budget is raised from the community local collections (user fees and insurance), and subsidy from the Ugandan government. This has been because of the hospital’s deliberate efforts to reduce donor dependence from 95% seven-years ago to 58% today. Our goal is to increase local collections to at least 60%.
Summary of current annual report
I extend a warm welcome to our annual report for the financial year 2023/2024.
I extend a warm welcome to our annual report for the financial year 2023/2024.
It is an honor to present this year’s annual report and to reflect on our shared achievements while setting our vision for the year ahead. I would like to begin by recognizing and appreciating the invaluable contributions of my predecessors, whose dedication has laid a strong foundation that we are building upon to enhance our services and reach even more of our community. In 2023, we made significant strides across various areas:
Patient Care and Community Outreach: The introduction of the Mama Baby Bwindi project has greatly enhanced delivery care, especially for the most vulnerable mothers and infants in our community, ensuring safe deliveries among the “poorest of the poor.”
Additionally, our community outreach programs have positively impacted the lives of the Batwa, increasing access to essential health services and education.
HIV and TB Services: Our efforts to meet the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets have been impactful, with significant progress in diagnosis, treatment linkage, and viral suppression among our clients.
With an HIV prevalence rate of 1.4%, we remain committed to strengthening our services. In collaboration with the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau, we are working towards integrating HIV and TB services into the general outpatient department. This initiative aims to reduce stigma and provide inclusive, comprehensive healthcare for all.
Training Wing Expansion: Our training wing achieved full licensure for the college, keeping us on track toward our Vision 2025 of becoming a university. Curriculum development is currently underway, bringing us closer to this important goal and strengthening our capacity to train qualified healthcare professionals.
Specialist Care Development: We are focusing on expanding our specialist care services, aiming to establish dedicated clinics led by specialists such as pediatricians, physicians, and obstetricians/gynecologists. These specialized clinics will enhance our capacity to provide targeted, high-quality care for our community.
Dental and Vision Clinic Construction: Construction of our new dental and vision clinic is underway, and we anticipate its completion by January 2025. This facility will bring essential dental and eye care services closer to our community, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to all who are making this project possible.
Infrastructure and Equipment: Key departments have been equipped with essential resources, including a new POC m-PIMA machine for rapid infant testing, enabling timely interventions for HIV-exposed infants.
For the year 2024/25, we plan to build on these accomplishments with targeted objectives:
Enhance Preventive Health Services: We aim to intensify our HIV and TB prevention programs and expand community education efforts.
Strengthen Financial Sustainability: By increasing partnerships and engaging in grant initiatives, we plan to ensure sustainable funding for critical programs.
Expand Facility Resources: We plan to invest in key areas such as digital record-keeping and telemedicine capabilities to further improve patient care.
We are deeply grateful for your continued support and partnership in these efforts. I would be glad if you could take the time to read the report in detail, as it highlights our journey and aspirations for the future of Bwindi Community Hospital.
I would be honored if you could continue reading to explore our impact on the community in greater detail.
Household Survey
Each year we conduct a Household Survey, measuring things like the percentage of people we serve sleeping under mosquito nets and whether or not children in our catchment area have been immunised. We collect this information in order to guide our future work, so that we know which areas we are succeeding in, and which areas we need to work harder.
A comparative study of HIV risk factors and health care utilization between the batwa pygmies and surrounding Communities of Kanungu District, South west Uganda.
Strategic Plan
Here are some of the strategic plans we have had.
