| Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre | |
| Location: | Bukoto-Kisaasi Road, Bukoto, Kampala |
| Region: | Central Region |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Pushpin Map: | Uganda Kampala |
| Coordinates: | 0.3506°N 32.5992°W |
| Healthcare: | Private |
| Type: | Specialized |
| Specialty: | Gynecology, Maternity, Fertility |
| Website: | Homepage |
| Wiki-Links: | List of hospitals in Uganda |
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]
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 4km (02miles), by road, northeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital. WHI&FC is located about 7km (04miles), by road, northeast of the central business district of Kampala. 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).
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.[2] In November 2009, a 54 year old mother delivered a healthy in vitro baby at WHI&FC.[3]
, the following services are available at WHI&FC. The list is not exhaustive:[4] 1. Antenatal Care 2. Labor and delivery 3. Cesarean birth 4. Postnatal care 5. Gynecological laparoscopy 6. Laparoscopic surgery 7. In vitro conception[3] 8. Surrogate conception[5] 9. Investigation of infertility in men and women[6] [7]
WHI&FC maintains a subsidiary clinic in Kigali, Rwanda, known as Kigali IVF and Fertility Clinic, opened in 2014.[8]