Today Uganda commemorates Safe Motherhood day. The day is commemorated under the theme “Expand opportunities for adolescent health services, End Maternal Mortality.”
As the country celebrates this day, Ministry of health still reports  the Maternal Mortality Ration as 343 per 100,000 live births and the infant mortality rate  estimated to be 54 per 1000 live births. These numbers are rather still to high.

In line with the Sustainable Development Gial 3: The Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) together with civil society Organizations in Uganda are advocating for a reduction of maternal mortality in the country. The teams call upon the government of Uganda to fulfill its statutory obligation by providing basic maternal health services to Ugandan women. These services  include; prenatal care services, skilled medical officers health facilities at provision of Emergency Obstetric Care and postpartum care

As we celebrate this day, CEHURD mourns all expectant mothers that due every day while giving birth to life. It’s such a pain to loose 16 women everyday an equivalent Of a mini bus crushing in Uganda everyday.
We call upon the judiciary to experdite the process of hearing Constitutional Petition No. 16 of 2011, a landmark maternal health case and call upon all stakeholders to join us in sensitizing the women including the youth and adolescents  about their right to receive and impart accurate  sexual reproductive health information and empower them to make informed decisions and delay pregnancy. #SafeMothersUg

Today marks the International Day of the Girl Child, The theme this year is “Girls’ Progress = Goals’ Progress: A Global Girl Data Movement”, calling for action on increasing the availability and analysis of girl-focused and sex-dis aggregated data.

In line with health and human rights, the girl child has been expose to societal evils such like defilement, rape , discrimination and inequality in society.

According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in Uganda, one in every four teenage girls between 15 and 19 was found pregnant. The Population Secretariat indicates that of the 1.2 million pregnancies recorded in Uganda annually, 25 per cent of these are teenage pregnancies. These more than 300,000 teenagers who get pregnant also account for the bulk of unwanted pregnancies, which end up in unintended births or abortion.

A young girl is twice likely to die during pregnancy or child birth compared to a mature lady in her 20s (UNFPA 2013).

A significant number of young people lack information about pregnancy or access to reproductive health services, and rely on myths and misconceptions. Continued information sharing is needed to provide information that can enable them make informed choices for “Girl progress and Goal Progress”.

The Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has held health talks for the youths in school to support information sharing on reproductive health for good health and well being under the Sustainable Development Goal 3.