The Teso Safe Motherhood Project (TSMP) administers a health clinic/birth centre for the most marginalized and vulnerable populations in and around the northeastern town of Soroti. Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have moved through squalid “IDP camps” and are now struggling to relocate and rebuild their lives after having lost everything in a brutal civil war. Thousands of impoverished people, mostly women and children, have little or no access to basic medical care. They live in grass thatched huts with dirt floors. They don’t have access to safe water, and their subsistence agriculture has been disrupted by a drought-flood cycle. Sanitation is a serious concern, and malaria is the biggest problem of all. Malnutrition leads to anemia and other diseases caused by living in poverty. 

Our birth center allows us to offer special assistance to women during childbirth, increasing the capacity to ensure safe delivery and quick and efficient response to complications during childbirth. TSMP begins the birth journey through comprehensive antenatal care for all pregnant mothers. Feasible low-cost health interventions are all that is needed to save countless lives of women and babies in Uganda.


Mission Statement
The mission of Teso Safe Motherhood Project is to provide high quality health care according to Ministry of Health standards. We provide this care at no cost to the most vulnerable people living in the Teso region. We provide this care with kindness and with respect for each patient’s human dignity.