Child Malnutrition related deaths in Uganda reduce

The number of children who die due to poor feeding has dropped from 40% to 10.7% and this has been attributed to the effort of  the restored mulago mwanamugimu unit .

Uganda children

Uganda children

This was revealed by the director Mwanamugimu unit at mulago hospital Dr. Elizebeth Kiboneka while speaking during the tour of renovated mwanamugimu unit by the ministry of health officials.

She said that malnutrition which claim many children is now  dropping because the mothers are being sensitized on how to feed their children and told what type of the children should eat to their children get diseases related to poor feeding.

She asked government to recruit more nurses for mwanamugimu unit at mulago hospital because the unit has few nurses and are working as volunteers.

The  Acting Executive Director mulago hospital Dr. Byarugaba Baterana pledged that mwanamugimu unit nurses who are working as volunteers will access payroll and he added that the food cost given to the unit will be increased to checkup with the rising food prices.

He said that the unit will be given a generator to operate all the time when power is off.

The assistant commissioner for health services in the ministry of health Dr. Jesca Nsungwa that government will ensure that medicines needed for child health and nutrition are purchased at 100% to reduce the malnutrition among children in Uganda.

 

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