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The biggest number of cases of maternal deaths in Uganda occurs as a result of hemorrhage (acute bleeding during delivery). According to a policy brief of the Uganda Women’s network, excessive bleeding is responsible for 26% of the maternal deaths in Uganda. UWONET says Sepsis (infections) cause 22% of the maternal deaths , while13% of […]
According to the recent study published in the Public Library of Science medical journal, it estimates that in Africa 85% of maternal, newborn and under-age-5 deaths could be prevented if African countries took good interventions to curtail maternal and infant mortality. This means that each year about 4 million of African women, new borns and […]
Civil Society Organizations operating in Africa have pledged to petition the African Union to promise that its various member countries will commit themselves to fighting reducing maternal health and not just talk about maternal health during this year’s summit that is taking place in Kampala and with a theme on maternal and child health. The […]
Save the Children in Uganda an international child rights Non Governmental Organization has that the greatest decline in levels of maternal mortality around Africa occurred in countries with a high political commitment towards the fight against maternal mortality. Some of the countries that registered a remarkable improvement in reducing the rates of maternal mortality include […]
According to a survey of AMREF, low district health budgets have been identified to be the biggest constraints to improving maternal health services in East Africa. The survey that involved the reviewing of status of health of 18 districts and county health systems districts from three East African countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to assess […]
The Non Governmental Organization Forum has strongly appealed to men to be more involved in the fight for better maternal and infant health standards in Africa. This comes at a time when the African Union summit that has just kicked off in Kampala with the meeting centered on Maternal and Infant Health. The Programme Manager […]
The East African Caravan on Maternal Health, a campaign that is aimed at increasing awareness on Maternal Health ahead of the African Union summit has arrived in Kampala. The Caravan which started in Nairobi has had its official launch at the Mengo Primary School Open Grounds and the official launch was presided over by the […]
An official from the Uganda Women Network Maureen Agena has appealed to African leaders to focus more resources in controlling maternal and infant mortality on the continent in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing deaths for newborns and mothers in the remaining five years. This comes as Uganda prepares to host the […]
The government of Uganda has been called upon increase its investment in maternal and reproductive health in the country. Women activists in Uganda say maternal and reproductive Heath continues to be one of the big health challenges with the statistics showing that only about 42% of the women get skilled attendance at childbirth which […]
By Namutebi Patricia It is 6 pm and I am sailing on the mighty Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in the world. The huge waves keep flapping against the local man-made boat, I arrive ashore on Myende Island at 8 pm. I brave the last-minute moments of being carried off the boat. Uganda’s water industry is […]