[2] Matany lies approximately 432 kilometres (268 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that East African country.

[4] Matany Hospital is a private, non-profit, community hospital owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto and is accredited by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau.

The hospital is administered by Comboni Sisters, a religious congregation.

[1] St. Kizito Hospital, Matany was built in the early 1970s with assistance from MISEREOR, a German religious organization, at the invitation of the Comboni Missionaries.

The hospital has received funding from numerous benefactors from various countries, including Germany, Italy and Denmark, among others.