Fistula News
TERREWODE staff use retreat to plan for better service delivery
For the first since the commissioning of Terrewode Women’s Community Hospital (TWCH) in August last year, TERREWODE employees met in a retreat at the organization’s headquarters in Soroti district. The four-day joint retreat for the medical and non-medical staff was...
Terrewode Hospital Boosts Anti-fistula Campaign
by Daniel Edyegu In what turns out to be a huge stride in the anti-fistula campaign in the country, the Terrewode Women’s Community Hospital (TWCH) is now open and operational. The specialised fistula hospital, the first in East Africa, will treat women and girls...
Terrewode Hospital Medical Team Return From Ethiopia
by Daniel Edyegu The medical team from Terrewode Community Women Hospital (TWCH) has returned to Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (HFE) hospital from a weeklong medical training. The team comprising of Dr. Josephine Namugenyi, the medical director TWCH, Elizabeth Atiang, the...
TERREWODE Hospital Signs MOU with Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia
by Daniel Edyegu TERREWODE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (HFE), a gesture that will open up a working relationship between the two entities. The MOU was signed on May 30, 2019 between the founder and executive director...
TERREWODE Staff Train In Fire Fighting And Prevention
by Daniel Edyegu The staffs from TERREWODE have undergone fire fighting and prevention training as part of the safety measures against fire outbreaks at the new TWCH. The Uganda Police took TERREWODE staff through the formal and practical sessions in the area. While...
Terrewode Hospital Starts Reintegration Training For Survivors
by Daniel Edyegu Thirty survivors of fistula are undergoing a two-week residential reintegration and empowerment training at Terrewode Women Community Hospital. Survivors of fistula are women and girls who have previously suffered from fistula and undergone successful...
Ground breaking for the Construction of Specialized Women’s Hospital in Soroti,
The staff, Executive board and the entire TERREWODE family are happy to announce the ground-breaking event for the construction of the Specialized Women’s Hospital in Soroti, eastern Uganda. The event is scheduled for 2nd of March 2018 in Arapai Soroti district...
Looking Back at the Origins for TERREWODE Women’s Community Hospital: Emasu Leads Ugandan Delegation to Ethiopia to Study Hamlin Model of Care
In light of TERREWODE’s recent procurement of land for the future TERREWODE Women’s Community Hospital in Soroti, we here at TERREWODE are looking back down the long road that has led us to this important milestone. While TERREWODE has been committed to developing a...
TERREWODE Announces Plan to Move Forward with Construction of “TERREWODE Women’s Community Hospital” in Soroti.
TERREWODE is excited to announce that, thanks to the generous support of The Uganda Fistula Fund for TERREWODE, it has recently procured six acres of land in Soroti, which will be used to construct the first hospital devoted to treating fistula in Uganda....
TERREWODE Welcomes Its 2017 Board for an Orientation Meeting
Board members sit with community women representatives for an orientation meeting shortly after the board’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). TERREWODE is excited to welcome Stella Kiyai, Agnes Zitta, Engulu Joseph, Eciku Michael and Joseph Ekalam to its 2017 Board....