The Health Centre comprises 3 buildings and has 2 medical officers supplied by the Government at no cost to the village or the Appeal. They are in charge of providing access to basic healthcare for Sidtenga and 6 outlying villages, a total of 6,500 people. It was completed in 2004.

The principal building is basically a GP Clinic, providing treatment for minor ailments, vaccination and palliative care, as well as small surgical procedures. However in March 2007 it demonstrated its capacity to react to more serious events when it vaccinated 1,500 people against Meningitis during the outbreak in which 1,000 people died nationwide, but none in Sidtenga.

The second building is a Maternity Unit which is now bringing many mothers in from the bush to have their babies more safely, with the assistance of a village midwife. It is providing the treatment to ensure babies do not contract HIV/AIDS at birth from HIV positive mothers.

The third is a Pharmacy dispensing drugs and other items at government-fixed prices and condoms (free). The Pharmacy is run by Henri Tiemtoré (below), a cousin of Emmanuel and a local small businessman, who is in charge of purchasing under the supervision of the medical officers and the Health Centre Committee.

The Centre owns a gas fridge for the storage of vaccines and other temperature-sensitive items for various treatments, and it shares this facility with other neighbouring Health Centres. The Centre also owns a 2 wheel ambulance towed by a mobilette for patient transport to the Centre and occasionally to the Béré District local hospital at Manga, 40km away. These items were given to the Centre privately.

The Centre is actively involved in programmes for combatting HIV/AIDS and Malaria, for family planning and for vaccinations of all types. These activities will be transferred to the Community Centre on its completion.

The Health Centre is the result of successful co-operation between the Appeal, the Government and the Community itself. The building cost was £14,000.