The hospital is named in honor of Walter Lam's mother, Teresa Ayiko, who holds a special place in the heart of the Alliance's founder and President, Walter Lam.  The hospital arose from a needs assessment conducted by Alliance for African Assistance in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Gulu, Ker Kwaro Atiak and other community leaders, in an effort to rebuild northern Uganda after 20 devastating years of war. 

 

With the nearest major hospital located about 50 miles away, the plan was to create a Private Not-For-Profit (PNFP) Hospital to provide high quality healthcare that was not available at existing government health clinics, that could also provide those services for the approximately 1 million refugees from neighboring South Sudan.  The community of Atiak generously donated and cleared the land for the hospital, and established a Hospital Board.  The Alliance funded and employed over 200 local workers for 2 years to build the hospital, which includes on-site staff quarters, a mortuary, and related buildings.

 

Rotary Clubs in San Diego and Hexham, England obtained matching funds from the Rotary International Foundation for two Global Grants totaling around $500,000.  The first grant provided medical equipment and an ambulance.  Later, a second grant was obtained to provide additional medical equipment and solar photovoltaic roof panels and batteries in order to provide an uninterruptible electric power supply.

 

The hospital has 200-beds capacity, divided into Maternity, Pediatrics/Child Health, General Female Medical Ward, General Male Medical ward, Surgical Ward, Outpatient Department, Dialysis Unit and Special Clinics (Dental Unit, HIV/AIDS Clinic, Eye Clinic and others.).

The Hospital focuses its activities on high-impact Primary Health Care (PHC) interventions to target strengthening the quality and availability of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH), Family Planning (FP)/reproductive health (RH), Nutrition, and Facility-level Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH).

Ayiko Hospital’s services are diverse, ranging from Imaging (X-ray and ultrasound scan), Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning and Reproductive health, Internal Medicine, Surgery, In and outpatient services, Immunization and Vaccination, Laboratory services( Hematological, Clinical Chemistry, Microbiological/Infectious Diseases, etc), Community Health and Sensitization including Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).​

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Ayiko Hospital, is located in Pupwonya Parish, Atiak-Sub-County, Amuru District, Northern Uganda. It is the only hospital in Amuru District which is a referral for the health units within the district.