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Pregnant women urged to attend antenatal care

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:07:54 +0000

The ministry of health has advised pregnant mothers to always to go for antenatal checks to ensure they have normal births.

The call comes at a time when the ministry’s statistics indicate that 16 women are still losing their lives on a daily basis while giving birth.

The primary health coordinator at the ministry Albert Kasozi says maternal mortality can be reduced once all pregnant mothers follow what medical workers recommend.

Kasozi adds that antenatal clinics help health experts identify complications in pregnant women and progress of the fetus.

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‘Obama is in Uganda’

Gerald Businge — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:55:05 +0000

The Executive Director of the United States of America and President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative chief, Lois Quam has arrived in Uganda on Monday.

Lois Quam is in Uganda for a one week visit to support Uganda’s Ministry of Health’s effort to reduce maternal deaths by at least 50% in four western districts of Uganda by the end of this year.

According to the programme, Lois will tour the districts of Kabarole and Kyenjojo. Research shows that Kabarole and Kyenjojo are among the districts in Uganda where cases of maternal mortality are rampant.

The ministry of Health in Uganda recently released a report that indicated that the the common causes of death among pregnant women in Uganda are over bleeding, infection, obstructed labour, abortion and hypertension. Other causes of death among pregnant women in Uganda are malaria related diseases and HIV/AIDS.

Uganda’s maternal mortality ratio stands at 435 maternal deaths for each 100,000 live births. On daily basis at least 16 women/girls die during delivery.

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Professor Mamadan urges Ugandans to demonstrate

Gerald Businge — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:45:03 +0000

Uganda’s leading and renowned scholar professor Mohmood Mamdani has said Ugandan opposition is too weak and it cannot takeover poor from the ruling government. The scholar says that for any meaningful change of government to take place inUgandathe people need to be willing to go on the streets in large numbers on a daily basis and demonstrate.

The professor however says this cannot happen because most Ugandans are after making money. He says that Ugandans, especially the middle class cannot leave their businesses and demonstrate on daily basis.

Mamdani also says thatUganda’s opposition cannot use protests to take over power because the sitting government doesn’t respect the right of people to protest and it is not resorting to dialogue.

Ugandapolice and other security organs many times use live bullets, tear gas and torture to break down protests. In the process many unarmed protesters have been shot dead and scores of others wounded.

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Mulago Hospital workers appeal for more support as MPs visit

Gerald Businge — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:04:00 +0000

Patients and health workers and authority cry foul over congestion in Mulagao hospital while the opposition MPS visit the hospital and patients today.

The opposition MPS who included Hussien Kyanjo , Richard sebuliba Mutumba Mathias Mpuga and Dr. Lulume Bayiga led by the leader of opposition Nathan Nandala Mafabi visited Mulago hospital to assess the health service delivery at the hospital and knowing how the money which has been sent to Mulago has been used .

The MPS observed that the health facilities at Mulago are the worst and patients live in poor conditions in congested rooms which were meant for few people when the country’s population was still small.

The mps noted that Mulago hospital has poor facilities where by the patients sleep on the floor together with their attendants, hospital floor with potholes, toilets are in bad state, some hospital rooms have no lights and hospital roof is leaking.

The leader of opposition Nandala Mafabi blamed the hospital administrators for making president Museveni visit renovated side of Mulago instead of him visiting the dilapidated side of Mulago so that he takes action.

The Director Mulago hospital Byarugaba Baterana told opposition MPS that the congestion in Mulago is high because of the increased number of patients on daily basis and asked mps to support 88 million dollar loan from African Development bank for renovation of the hospital and decongest it.

He asked mps to support the increase in the hospital staff remuneration, recruitment of more health workers and more funding for patients food.

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