Usisya Clinic

Our successful fundraising walks in summer/autumn 2023 raised most of the £11,000 needed to build a much needed 4-bed maternity unit adjacent to the clinic.

This means that most expectant mothers can now receive specialist help without needing to travel 20km to Urambo hospital. The unit was designed and its construction supervised by our good friend Mr Lucky Mgeni.

Our fundraising walks aim to raise £10,000 to build a much needed maternity unit, similar to that opened at Kiloleni earlier this year.

As well as general outpatient services the clinic provides a good range of maternity services, also Immunisation and Child Health care. HIV programmes include Testing and Counselling and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. It is planned that in the near future the clinic will be able to offer laboratory services.

The official government staff roll for this clinic is 15 so the current two nurses and one attendant are kept very busy. They also receive support from a number of local volunteers for outreach work.
There are some bicycles but insufficient for the outreach work. These are often stolen en route to communities so staff saved for a motorbike.

Within the single building are rooms for consultations and treatment with smaller rooms for pharmacy, HIV counselling, vaccinations and maternal deliveries.

There is mains electricity though no solar backup. Water comes from a rainwater harvesting tank and an unreliable borehole supply whose salty water damages equipment.

The clinic used its £200 FUM donation to buy a new maternal delivery kit and a new weighing scale for checking babies' progress.