Chilenje Level 1 Hospital serves as a vital district-level hospital for Lusaka, Zambia, providing accessible healthcare services to a rapidly growing catchment area. Commissioned as an upgrade from the former Chilenje Urban Health Centre, this facility now supports a catchment area of over 350,000 residents, significantly reducing pressure on higher-level facilities in Lusaka. The hospital upholds a mission of being the first point of hospital-level contact for most community residents, providing essential inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care.

• General Medicine/Family Practice

• Maternity Care

• Emergency and Minor Surgery 

• Child and Adolescent Health

• Imaging and Diagnostics

• Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Public and Environmental Health

• Eye Clinic and Mental Health Services

• HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)

• Physiotherapy

• Multidisciplinary staff including doctors, nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians, and counselors

• Routine capacity-building and ongoing professional development

• Focused on universal health coverage, free basic services with certain procedures available at minimal cost

• Implementation of infection prevention and control programs

• Vision: To be Lusaka’s trusted entry-level hospital, delivering equitable, essential healthcare and serving as a seamless bridge between community health posts/centers and higher-level referral hospitals.

• Mission: To provide accessible, safe, and quality clinical care with a community-oriented approach and to strengthen the local health system through continuous staff development and technology adoption.

• Constructed/upgraded with international support (Government of Japan), cited for transformative impact in Lusaka’s health system

• Recognized for significantly reducing unnecessary referrals to tertiary hospitals