St. Joseph Council Designated Hospital is determined to provide high quality services which are accessible and affordable to all people. It provides both Out Patient and In-Patient Services in the Fourteen (14) departments. The hospital has a functional HFGC for supervision of all hospital functions and an active HMT for accomplishing all hospital functions at their respective departments.
There is a vigorously Quality Improvement Team (QIT) which spearheads the Working Improvement Teams (WIT) as per department for the quality assurance of all departmental activities within St. Joseph CDH according to SOPs.
To be centre of excellence for quality patient care and training
To provide quality health care to the community through partnership in a manner that ensures its availability with that love and compassion of Christ.
To improve our quality of care to our patient. Our Patient deserve to have rights below and more...
St. Joseph Hospital is owned and managed by the Registered Trustees of the Sisters of Our Lady of Kilimanjaro in the Catholic Diocese of Moshi. The hospital was started in 2001 as a Health Centre and in 2004 the Centre was raised to a fully functional Hospital. The hospital operates within the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children in Tanzania and the Regulations of Catholic Diocese of Moshi. Its serve the population of 237,715 people (115,767 males and 121,948 females).
The bed capacity of the hospital is 170 beds, while patients admitted per day range from 25-30 patients and outpatients department attendance per day from 150-250 (100-150). The Hospital has several departments including: - Out-patient, In-patient, High Dependent Unit (HDU), Dialysis Unit, Operating Theatre (OT), Physiotherapy, ICT, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Counseling, Care and Treatment (CTC) for HIV/TB, Medical, Surgical, Obstetrics &Gynecology, RMNCH+A, Radiology, Administration, Pediatric, Medical records, Dental and other supportive departments like kitchen/canteen, laundry and store and Mortuary Service.
The hospital in 2009 signed an Agreement to provide services as a Council Designated Hospital. Therefore, it is the Council Designated Hospital for Moshi Municipality and it serves as a referral hospital for 21 administrative wards, having 60 villages.
Our Late Sr. Dr. Urbani Marseli Lyimo was born in 14th March, 1952 at Karmeli Parish and died in 31st May,2020 at St. Joseph Hospital -Soweto in Catholic Diocese of Moshi- Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.
Congretion to the sisters of our lady Kilimanjaro. Huduma bora kwa afya bora
She managed to make the hospital move from Health Centre to District Council Designated Hospital of Moshi Municipality. Through her endless efforts and courage, she managed to make St. Joseph Hospital look beautiful as it is today.
We are collaborating with Moshi Municipal council and congretion to the sisters of Our Lady Kilimanjaro, Catholic Diocese of Moshi- Kilimanjaro Region with the aim to become a global standard health care service providers offering precise, timely and affordable diagnostic and therapeutic solutions to all people.
What we learned from her is that leadership is everything, and when it’s tied to purpose, miracles happen
Dr. Sr. Hellen Kiliyosodu Since Nov 2015 - to Date : Working at St. Jospeh Hospital Medical Officer Incharge. Attending both inpatient and Outpatient in an examplary manner, Speak on behalf of the hospital, Responsible for all major correspondences for the hospital
leadership is everything, and when it’s tied to purpose, miracles happen. Anything worth doing starts out as a little thing, which is why hope and persistence are so important. Our work is not for the faint of heart.
St Joseph Hospital we are multiplying the little we have to care for others. In this sense, miracles happen daily at St. Joseph Hospital and Sr. Maria plays a big role in this.
St. Joseph Hospital is owned and managed by the Sisters of Our Lady of Kilimanjaro in the Catholic Diocese of Moshi. The hospital started in 2001 as Health Centre and in 2004 became a Voluntary Agent not for profit. It operates within the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC) of Tanzania and the Diocesan of Moshi. In 2009 the hospital signed an Agreement to provide services as a Council Designated Hospital with registration number 036207
It is situated in South West Moshi, about 5 km from Moshi bus stand, along Khambaita Road, which extends from Arusha Road at Memorial junction. Being a CDH it serves the citizens of entire 21 administrative wards of Moshi Municipal Council, Moshi Municipality is the capital of Kilimanjaro region in the North Eastern Tanzania. The Municipality is situated on the lower slopes of a dormant volcanic Kilimanjaro, which is the highest mountain in Africa.
St. Joseph CDH has the following strategies to improve the quality and safety of provided health services, in line with National Health Policy, Health Sector Strategic Plan IV- MTR 2017 /2021 Programs and initiatives as well as our local needs..