Health Department

Mandate and scope

The published EPR department profile identifies two broad areas of intervention: health facilities and community health projects. The profile describes a network of district hospitals, health centres and health posts, alongside community initiatives delivered with institutional and development partners.

The facility and project information below reflects the public source profile. It is not confirmation of current facility ownership, management arrangements, service availability, staffing, capacity or operational status.

Health facilities listed by EPR

District hospitals

• Kirinda Hospital – listed by EPR in Karongi District.
• Remera-Rukoma Hospital – listed by EPR in Kamonyi District.

Health centres

• Kirinda Health Centre – Karongi District.
• Rubengera Health Centre – Karongi District.
• Remera Health Centre – Kamonyi District.
• Biguhu Health Centre – Karongi District.
• Kirambo Health Centre – Karongi District.
• Rwahi Health Centre – Rulindo District.

Health posts

• Kiruhura Health Post – Gicumbi District.
• Gatare-Vugangoma Health Post – Nyamasheke District.
• Zinga Health Post – Rwamagana District.
• Mukore Health Post – Rutsiro District; the source says EPR provided land in a partnership with government.
• Cyamuganga Health Post – Gicumbi District; the source says EPR provided land in a partnership with government.

Population, bed-capacity and catchment figures in the source profile are not reproduced because their current validity has not been established.

Community health projects

EPR notes that the number and nature of community health projects vary over time according to available donor funding. Its public profile records the following historical programmes:

• HIV/AIDS response (2002–2019): a long-running community health project. The source also names historical collaboration and funding relationships involving EPUB/Solidarité Protestante, EED (Development Service of the Protestant Churches in Germany) and Bread for the World.
• Youth education project (September 2019–August 2022): education on sexual and reproductive health, responsible sexuality and positive masculinity, with financial support from Bread for the World.
• COVID-19 response (August 2020–July 2021): a project supported by Difaem (German Institute for Medical Mission).

The source also records historical partnerships with CHF International (later Global Communities), Population Services International (PSI) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Areas of intervention included HIV/AIDS, hygiene and sanitation, early childhood development, savings and credit, family planning and nutrition.

These programme periods and partner references are historical records; they are not presented as confirmation of active projects or current agreements.

Publicly reported activities

EPR’s Health Department page links to activities and reports including:

• 28 August 2025: “Teenage Pregnancy, Our Concern” – a public report describing EPR’s work addressing teenage pregnancy.
• 27 August 2025: a report on EPR’s role in preventing teenage pregnancies, published in connection with the Health Department and the ESMPA project.
• 11 June 2024: a report on a visit by PPLM to EPR on 7 June 2024, referring to the department’s activities and ESMPA project.
• 21 June 2022: a report on the delivery of certificates to 20 teen mothers in Kirambo Parish, Rubengera Presbytery, on 25 May 2022.
• 25 May 2022: a report on reproductive-health training at TTC Rubengera.

These are dated examples from the public activity archive, not a complete programme evaluation or a statement of current project status.

Institutional clarification required

Department count discrepancy: EPR’s central institutional overview identifies five departments, while the Health Department profile describes Health as one of seven departments. Both statements are retained as source-reported information pending formal clarification by EPR. This page does not infer or publish a reconciled department count.

The current departmental leadership, facility register, facility operating status, service scope, current community health projects, partner agreements and updated contact details should be confirmed by EPR before being presented as current information.

Source: EPR – Health Department. Programme dates and public activity examples are retained with their source dates.