Tag Archives: Maternal Health
Mulago launches multi-billion Women’s hospital project
By Francis Kagolo KAMPALA - The health ministry has launched a project to construct a 320-bed capacity women’s hospital aimed at decongesting Mulago and curbing maternal deaths in the country. The $34.14m ...
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Mother delivers triplets by her own
By Tom Gwebayanga Annet Nakaibale, a mother of eight, knew she was carrying more than one baby, but did not expect triplets. As fate would have it, labour pains struck when ...
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Maternal health is a human right – activists
By Vicky Wandawa The Population Secretariat (POPSEC) has started campaigning for maternal health as a human right. The project, launched on Thursday at Hotel Africana, Kampala, changes strategy from merely advocating ...
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350,000 abortions in Uganda are induced – experts
Article by Catherine Mwesigwa Kizza ( New Vision) Infanticide, child abandonment and abuse -- the Ugandan media is full of the stories. The missing story though is that the abused and ...
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I would like to respond to the story titled, ‘Kabale considers a by-law to force pregnant women into hospital’ in the Daily Monitor of July 27. The story said the ...
Read More...Kabale considers law to force pregnant women into hospitals
By Robert Muhereza Kabale District is working on a by-law to compel pregnant women to give birth at health facilities and penalise those who deliver aided by traditional birth attendants (TBAs). District ...
Read More...By Iryn A lot of people keep asking me why I want to stay childless and of course, usually I just retort- ‘why not?’ but I’d like to tell everyone who ...
Read More...By Mark Omara “If government cannot protect the welfare of women, as it relates to the delivery of adequate maternal healthcare, then it is indeed a sad day in Uganda.” SOROTI, Uganda: ...
Read More...Abortions claim 68,000 girls annually – study
By Doreen Murungi Uganda spends sh7.5bn each year treating complications resulting from unsafe abortion, a new study reveals. The World Health Organization guidance on abortion-related services reveals that in Uganda, about 300,000 ...
Read More...Health workers tip government on safe abortion
By FLAVIA LANYERO Medical practitioners have urged government to relax restrictions on abortion and make reproductive health services available to the youth, if abortion is to be managed in the country. The health ...
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