Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB) is the health office of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in Uganda and the technical arm of the Health Commission of the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC), carrying out its day to day operations.
The RCC started health care services for the rural under-previlaged before independance in Uganda. At the moment it counts 32 hospitals (2 of them are specialised service providers) with 13 training schools, 1 laboratory training school and 258 Lower Lever Units (LLU), with over 8,566 health workers. These institutions constitute a sizeable component of the public health system in Uganda.
Co-ordination and facilitation of and policy development for the health units is organized at intermediate/diocesan level and at national level through the Health Commission of the Bishops’ Conference and its technical arm-UCMB.
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The RCC health care services are based on this Vision and the concept of Primary Health Care and the ensuing strategy of Health For All and seek to realize that:
Organisational management and development, Human resource management, Information management, Financial Management, Health Training Institution, Quality and Patient Safety, Public-Private Pertnership management, Pastoral care of the Sick, AIDS Care and Treatment Management Program.