Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre

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Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre
Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre
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Geography
LocationBukoto-Kisaasi Road, Bukoto, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°21′02″N32°35′57″E / 0.35056°N 32.59917°E / 0.35056; 32.59917 Coordinates: 00°21′02″N32°35′57″E / 0.35056°N 32.59917°E / 0.35056; 32.59917
Organisation
Care system Private
Type Specialized
History
Opened2004;17 years ago (2004)
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Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre (WHI&FC), is a private specialized healthcare facility in Uganda. It specializes in the treatment of infertile couples. [1]

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Location

The hospital is located on the Bukoto–Kisaasi Road, in the neighborhood called Bukoto, in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This is approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi), by road, northeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital. [2] WHI&FC is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi), by road, northeast of the central business district of Kampala. [3] The coordinates of Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre are: 0°21'02.0"N, 32°35'57.0"E (Latitude:0.350552; Longitude:32.599165). [4]

Overview

WHI&FC was established in 2004. The hospital offers services in gynaecology, maternity and fertility in the countries of the East African Community and the Great Lakes region. The hospital is credited with the conception and delivery of the first in vitro baby in Uganda. [1] Since then, at least such 10,000 such babies had been conceived and delivered at the hospital, as of December 2017. [5] In November 2009, a 54 year old mother delivered a healthy in vitro baby at WHI&FC. [6]

Services offered

As of November 2020, the following services are available at WHI&FC. The list is not exhaustive: [7] 1. Antenatal Care 2. Labor and delivery 3. Cesarean birth 4. Postnatal care 5. Gynecological laparoscopy 6. Laparoscopic surgery 7. In vitro conception [6] 8. Surrogate conception [8] 9. Investigation of infertility in men and women [9] [10]

Other considerations

WHI&FC maintains a subsidiary clinic in Kigali, Rwanda, known as Kigali IVF and Fertility Clinic, opened in 2014. [11]

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