Gurage Zone
Getche Health Centre
Gurage Zone
Engera supported the development of the maternity ward, improving reception facilities for pregnant women, providing safer equipment for pregnancy and delivery, training nurses in obstetric and gynaecological care, and installing solar power to keep essential services running reliably.
- Focus
- Maternity ward development
- Catchment (2025)
- 10,000+ people
- Patients treated (2025)
- 18,000+ outpatient visits
The work at Getche Health Centre
- A redeveloped maternity ward with proper reception facilities for expectant mothers before and after delivery.
- Safer pregnancy and delivery equipment supplied to the ward.
- Training for gynaecology and obstetrics nurses, delivered alongside Engera's visiting clinicians.
- 18,000+ outpatient visits in 2025 for a catchment population of 10,000+.
- Solar panels keeping the delivery room lit and equipment usable at any hour.
Catchment population and patient figures are FY2025, from the Ethiopian Catholic Church Social and Development Commission plan and achievement data for the eight facilities Engera supports.
Location
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in Africa
Getche Health Centre
18,000+ outpatient visits
Maternity ward development, safer deliveries and nurse training.
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Other facilities
- Burat Health CentreLong-supported centre recently renovated, with solar panels installed.
- Zizencho Health CentreBuilt in 2008 in a village with no road; now treats more than 30,000 patients a year.
- Gura Megenasse Health CentreOne of the region's first clinics, founded by CUAMM just over 7km from Endibir.