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UPMB ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2024

Promotive, Preventive, Curative and Rehabilitative health care providers

Promotive, Preventive, Curative

At UPMB-Healthy Heart Africa partnership launch at Hotel Protea, Kampala

MOH Permanent Secretary was the Chief Guest

COVID training

Regional COVID 19 Infection, Prevention and Control trainings

Staff participated in many team building activities including sports

UPMB staff team building activity.

Representation from all UPMB member health facilities

UPMB Annual symposium 2022

Promotive, Preventive, Curative and Rehabilitative health care providers.

Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) is the coordinating body for the Protestant Health Services in Uganda. UPMB is a network of 330 faith-based health institutions in Uganda. Founded in 1957 to serve as a liaison between the Government of Uganda, donors and member hospitals, UPMB now serves as a National umbrella organization with a wider mandate and membership from all over the country.

Our Vision

Preferred Christian Health Care Partner For Sustainable Services

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68Years of Operation

Providing Quality Health Care Services.

Project Planning and Programming

Over the years, UPMB has steadily built its project portfolio around the program areas that strengthen and compliment the services that its members health facilities provide. These projects are designed under the broad thematic/focus areas of; HV/AIDS treatment and Care, Health System Strengthening, Family Health and Non-Communicable Diseases. Our programs are aligned to our strategic plan of Research & Development of strategic centers of excellence. This makes our programming flexible and adaptive to evolves with emerging issues in the health sector.

Coordination

Coordination has been positioned as a key program area with the intention of ensuring adequate resources for coordination activities. This will involve coordination of all member units, other partners such as the bureaus, government ministries and agencies, and the training institutions. Coordination will address issues affecting quality service delivery, resource mobilization and policy support. Therefore coordination will involve information sharing, joint activities and provision of leadership.

Accreditation

UPMB has an accredited total of 317 Health facilities including Hospitals, HCIV’s, HCIII’s, HCII’s and Health Training Institutions and is continuously work round the clock to not only increasing these numbers but also ensure quality and patient safety are paramount.

Optical Services

UPMB Optical Centre was established in 1979 to provide affordable and quality optical services to Ugandans with the aim of exceeding every client’s expectations by offering outstanding customer service, flexibility in service provision and ensuring value for money for the client. The Centre currently has a client base of over 3000, and emphasis is on professionalism, diligence and hard work.

Clearing and forwarding services

UPMB provides clearing and forwarding services. Both air and sea freight services for individual member units and church related programs and projects are handled. These include pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and machines, motor vehicles, personal effects for expatriate staff and relief goods. This service is done at a subsidized cost without compromising speed and efficiency.

Work permits handling

Work permits for expatriates working with member institutions and church related bodies are processed by the UPMB secretariat. The processing unit handles operational licenses and annual practicing licenses for member units and medical doctors both local and foreign.

Our Latest News And Blog Posts

October 23, 2024

UPMB is awarded the Resilience and Sustainable Impact award in the Nongovernment Organizations and Association’s sector.

October 23, 2024

UPMB announce the passing of our esteemed Board Chair

July 5, 2024

A New Audio-Visual Technology Anticipated to Transform HIV Service Delivery

April 24, 2024

UPMB Commemorating World TB Day

August 11, 2023

LSDA team hand over an X-Ray machine spare part to the Comboni Hospital team.

UPMB currently has a Network of 330 faith based private not for profit health facilities (including Hospitals, Health Facilities and 18 Health Training Institutions) spanning over five decades of experience in serving vulnerable communities in Uganda with a common goal of providing preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative affordable, good quality health care to Ugandans regardless of ethnicity and religious creed. Their presence is strong in rural areas reaching the most marginalized and vulnerable groups of society.

Hospitals

Health Centre IVs

Health Centre IIIs

Health Centre IIs

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Explore Our Latest Projects And Recent Works

Non Communicable Diseases

SANOFI

Health Systems Strengthening Projects

SHSS Project

HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Projects

Engaging FBOs/CSOs/PNFPs and Communities to Support and Sustain HIV Epidemic control in Uganda (e-FACE)

EFACE is a five-year (2020-2025) Cooperative Agreement (CA) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and implemented by Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) in Kampala and Masaka regions under the Faith Community Initiatives. It is currently in year 2 of implementation. The supported Private Not For Profit (PNFPs) are registered under the Church of Uganda (Anglican church), Seventh Adventist and Pentecost church.

AIM: Strengthen the technical and institutional capacity of FBOs/CBOs/PNFPs to complement the existing efforts by GOU, Development Partners, Civil Society and other stakeholders to attain and sustain epidemic control in Uganda by 2020 and beyond through 5 strategic objectives:

Improving coordination with ministries, decentralized health authorities and FBOs/PNFP structures

Improving organizational capacity and competencies of FBOs/PNFPs to engage communities and provide comprehensive HIV/TB Services
Scaling up evidence-based HIV prevention interventions to reduce the risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV Infection within the target populations
Improving HIV treatment services, retention and viral suppression of all patients in care at supported sites
Improving data management, quality and utilization to inform decision making, performance improvement, learning and quality of care for clients at program, health facility and community levels

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE: Project is implemented in two CDC regions of Kampala and Masaka across two cities and 4 districts: Kampala and Masaka Cities, Wakiso, Mpigi, Kalungu, and Lwengo districts respectively. The project currently supports 18 PNFP health facilities.

District/City	Health Facility	Level
Kampala City	Mengo Hospital	General Hospital
	Kisasi COU HC	HC III
	JOY Medical Center	HC III
	Wentz Medical center	HC III
	St Stephen’s Dispensary & Maternity Center	HC II
	St Stephen’s Hospital Mpererwe	General Hospital
Wakiso	Nampunge HC	HC III
	Kireka SDA HC	HC III
	Mirembe HC	HC III
	Rapha Medical center	HC III
Mpigi	Double Cure	Hospital
Kalungu	Kabungo HC	HC III
	Kalungi	HC III
	Wellsprings Medical Center	HC III
Masaka City	Kako HC	HC III
Lwengo	Kimwanyi HC	HC III
Lwengo	Katovu HC	HC II