[3] The construction of the women's hospital started in April 2013, with commissioning originally expected in the second half of 2016.

[5] The hospital is located on Mulago Hill in the northern part of the city of Kampala.

This location is approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi), by road, north of Kampala's central business district.

[8] The hospital will have state-of-the-art newborn wards, pre-term neonatal wards, a newborn intensive care unit and a 60-bed private wing for expectant mothers, those who have just delivered and private gynecology patients.

[5] The Mulago Women and Neonatal Hospital is expected to admit the first patient on 17 September 2018.