Nsawo RCC Medical Centre 
Maternity Care
At Nsawo RCC Medical Centre, we prioritize the well-being of expectant mothers and provide comprehensive maternity care services to ensure a safe and healthy childbirth experience.
Compassionate Care for Expecting Mothers
Our dedicated team of healthcare professionals strives to provide personalized care and support throughout the maternity journey.
- Comprehensive prenatal care ensuring the health and well-being of both mother and baby.
- Skilled and compassionate staff assisting in labor and delivery, prioritizing safety and comfort.
- Postnatal care and guidance for new mothers, promoting a smooth transition into motherhood.
Our focus is to create a nurturing environment where expecting mothers feel empowered and supported throughout their pregnancy journey. We emphasize education, encourage family involvement, and strive to ensure a positive childbirth experience for all mothers.
25 August 2026 | Nsawo RCC Medical Centre
Over 100 Mothers Reached in One Day
Maternal and Child Health Outreach
A day for expectant mothers and mothers of babies under one year
We held a Maternal and Child Health Outreach at Nsawo RCC Medical Centre for expectant mothers and mothers with babies under one year old. The response was overwhelming. More than 100 mothers attended, showing once again how great the need for accessible maternal and child healthcare remains in our communities.
Throughout the day our medical team provided antenatal and postnatal assessments, HIV counselling and testing, nutrition and breastfeeding guidance, family-planning education, and individual medical consultations.
Outreach impact
The district health authorities provided Mama Kits for the mothers — the clean delivery supplies every woman needs to give birth safely. Their collaboration made the day both practical and meaningful.
Services delivered
- Antenatal assessments for expectant mothers
- Postnatal assessments for mothers and babies
- Free ultrasound scans
- HIV counselling and testing
- Education on preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission
- Nutrition and breastfeeding guidance
- Family-planning education
- Individual medical consultations and Mama Kits
Seeing their babies for the first time
We were also able to offer free ultrasound scans to expectant mothers. For many women in our community the cost of an ultrasound puts this important service beyond reach.
The scans allowed our medical team to assess fetal growth, gestational age and position, and to identify pregnancies that need closer monitoring or referral. For the mothers, being able to see their babies and know how their pregnancies were progressing brought tremendous reassurance and hope.
A growing concern
The World Health Organization has reported that teenage pregnancies contribute approximately 20% of maternal deaths in Uganda.
Teenage pregnancy in our community
One of our greatest concerns is the number of teenage pregnancies we continue to see. Poverty, school dropout, limited reproductive-health information and services, and other social and economic vulnerabilities continue to expose young girls to early pregnancy and its consequences.
Among the mothers who came to us was a teenager who had delivered her baby at our clinic just the day before. Seeing this young mother safely through childbirth, and continuing to care for both her and her newborn, brings the statistics into very human perspective. Behind every number is a young woman, a baby and a family whose future can be changed by timely access to healthcare.
Why HIV testing mattered so much on this day
Reductions in international funding for HIV and community health programmes are making an already difficult situation harder. Many NGO-supported programmes that previously provided HIV awareness, prevention, testing and reproductive-health education within communities have been reduced or discontinued. As these programmes disappear, vulnerable women and young people lose important sources of information and support.
This made HIV testing and counselling an especially important part of the outreach. We placed particular emphasis on educating mothers about preventing mother-to-child transmission. When HIV is diagnosed early and a mother receives appropriate treatment and care, the risk of passing HIV to her baby can be greatly reduced.
For a community health facility like ours, the reality is that the need at our doorstep is increasing at the same time that resources are becoming more constrained. The attendance of more than 100 mothers was a very clear demonstration of this.
We are encouraged by what we were able to accomplish, but we are also reminded that the need for care remains enormous. Every ultrasound, HIV test, Mama Kit, counselling session and medical consultation is an opportunity to protect a mother and give a baby a healthier start in life.
With heartfelt appreciation
We are extremely grateful to our dedicated medical personnel, who worked tirelessly throughout the outreach, and to the district health authorities for providing Mama Kits for the mothers.
Our heartfelt appreciation goes to the Rotary Club of Clayton Valley Concord Sunrise for continuing to stand with us and the communities we serve.
And a very special thank you to Julia Kitay, who has consistently helped support the salaries of our medical staff. Julia, without your support we would never have come this far in keeping the clinic functioning and extending essential health services into the surrounding communities. Your support means that when mothers arrive at our doors, there are trained medical professionals there to care for them.
— Mrs. Deborah Kulubya Luyima, Chief Executive Officer
A Story We Wanted to Share
A reflection from our CEO on one of the newest babies born at Nsawo RCC Medical Centre.
A New Life, and a Reminder of Why We Serve
Today I wanted to share the story of one of the newest babies born at Nsawo RCC Medical Centre — a story that is both beautiful and heartbreaking.
This healthy baby girl came into the world safely, in a clean and dignified place, to a mother who is only fifteen years old — herself still a child. As we welcomed her daughter, I found myself reflecting on the many young girls whose futures are cut short by early marriage and teenage pregnancy. Too often we reach the girls already at risk, while others are missed entirely.
Through our Save a Girl programme we distribute menstrual hygiene kits in schools to keep girls learning, confident, and protected — because education is one of the strongest defences against early marriage. Yet some girls leave school far too early and never benefit. Lasting change will only come when families, teachers, health workers, leaders, and communities work together.
This story is also a reminder of what your support makes possible: antenatal care, skilled delivery, postnatal follow-up, and newborn immunisations that give every mother and child the best possible start. While we celebrate this precious new life, we remain committed to a future where every girl can grow, learn, and choose her own path before becoming a mother.
— Mrs. Deborah Kulubya Luyima, Chief Executive Officer
