Gaudensia Namata, a resident of Buziranduulu Village in Kasaali Town Council, Kyotera District and her unborn child succumbed to one of the most bizzare maternal deaths common in Uganda. Most maternal deaths are caused by pregnancy complications but in Uganda, it is that added with midwives’ negligence behaviors and greed. For Namata, it was Uganda Shillings […]
On March 4, 2020, Spark TV published a story about the most disastrous births that I have ever heard. It looked like a normal mother’s experience when 21 year old Lilian Musanzi, a resident of Busia, Uganda left home to go to Bulumbi health centre III to deliver her baby. However, the exercise was prolonged […]
From feeding to housing and medical care, police officers in Uganda are among the most disadvantaged groups. It even gets worse in rural-based police station. However, there is an ignited hope to the Police officers wives and neighbors after the construction of a fully furnished maternity ward and the Mbale police health centre III. With […]
Uganda Members of Parliament have proposed a budget of Uganda shillings fifteen(15) billion to enable more procurement of mama kits for expectant mothers who deliver in government hospitals. If passed, the ush15b will be an addition sum to the 16b Uganda shillings that the government provided for the purchase of mama kits in 2019/2020. However, […]
With a new maternal building underway, residents of Kituntu, a sub-county in Mpigi district are assured of a better health for all expectant mothers and new-borns in the area. This new development is going to put an end to the long, lonely and dangerous distances pregnant mothers scavenge for their antenatal visits and delivery. Lawyer […]
Digital technologies are advancing from just improving lives to increasing the life span of many people today. Artificial Intelligence is yet to enter many of our maternity wards in Uganda. Mbarara district in western Uganda, mothers will start receiving artificial intelligence kits to enable their doctors keep a close eye on them in order to […]