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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.

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Location

Gurage ZoneOromiaEthiopiaAddis AbabaGetche
Ethiopia,
in Africa

Getche Health Centre

18,000+ outpatient visits

Maternity ward development, safer deliveries and nurse training.

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