antenatal care

Nine Months pregnant woman walks 17 kilometers for delivery in Kitgum

On my way to Tinmango village, (Kitgum District) this morning, one of the – villages worst hit by nodding disease, we pass a pregnant woman who is walking to the Health Center III. Joseph, the head of the Village Health Team, who is traveling with me, says that the woman will have to walk 17 […]

Expectant mothers urged to go for antenatal care in health centers

Ministry of health is advising all expectant mothers to always go for antenatal care if they are to reduce chances of their new bones catching disease. According to the ministry’s head of communications, Dr. Paul Kagwa, many new born babies are produced with complications as a result of their mothers not going for antenatal care. Kagwa mentions […]