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Princess Zahra Aga Khan made the following remarks in Kampala, Uganda on the occasion of the construction of the Aga Khan University Hospital
(source: video)

April 27, 2023

Reporter - "Princess Zahra said the 60 acres of land, a donation from the government, is a gesture that will not be taken for granted and will ensure the facilities are operational in the next two years."

Princess Zahra said - Our goal is to build a network of clinics and hospitals that bring primary care as close as possible to people's homes while linking seamlessly with advanced care.

We enter these facilities — in collaboration with our partner governments and educational institutions — to be staffed by highly-trained clinicians, equipped with the latest technologies, and prepared to address the region's and country's and world's changing burden of disease.

This integrated health network is designed to educate leaders who can enhance the quality of care, not just in AKDN institutions.

(Reporter added "she added that the University will train specialized cadres who are much needed in the health sector")

Princess Zahra said - And the AKU portfolio in East Africa, not only will it bring a new 4-year Bachelor's degree in Nursing and Medicine, but it will train much needed specialists through residency programmes in surgery, internal medicine and other fields. Its faculty will pursue research on questions of wide importance to the region.

Offering care in two dozen specialties, the hospital will, Insha’Allah, provide families with the peace of mind that comes from knowing that specialist care is available here, close to home.”

Following in the footsteps of the other Aga Khan University hospitals, AKU Hospital Kampala will seek to achieve the highest levels of international-quality accreditation.

This site will constitute a vital node of the wider Aga Khan University health and Aga Khan Health Services network of institutions in East Africa and around the globe, and it is with great pleasure that we all come together together in this absolutely wonderful site to launch this project, which, with your help and with your support, we know will make a huge difference for Uganda, for the region, and for medical care around the world.

Thank you