Improvements could add years to life and life to years – and potentially boost the global economy by $1 trillion ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | Maternal health, which refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, according to WHO Africa, faces a troubling trend worldwide. Seven …
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A persistent threat to maternal health in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | A shadow lingers over childbirth in Uganda. It’s named pre-eclampsia – a pregnancy complication marked by high blood pressure that remains the second leading cause of maternal mortality. This preventable condition, affecting up to 16% of …
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HEALTH REPORT | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Every year, at least 40 million women are likely to experience a long-term health problem caused by childbirth. This is according to a new study published on Thursday in the Lancet Global Health journal. Part of a special Series on maternal health, the study …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has a long way to go in reducing maternal mortality, according to the Minister of Primary Healthcare Margaret Muhanga. She made the remarks during the first Maternal and Infant Health Quality Care Forum in Kampala on Tuesday. According to Muhanga, while the country has been …
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Kisumu, Kenya | Xinhua | The health of women in Africa’s rapidly developing cities is in peril amid inadequate access to family planning services, experts said Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing ninth edition of the Africities Summit in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu. According to the experts, about 20 …
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International campaign launched over locking pregnant women out of clinical trials Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | You would think that with all the potential complications that affect women during and after pregnancy, thousands of drugs have been developed specifically for them, says Dr. Metin Gülmezoglu, the executive director of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament under the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) have asked government to re-align its priorities and find money to fight maternal mortality which they said is on the increase. UWOPA members said that the budget proposed for the health sector for financial year …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda together with other well-wishers, have donated medical mama kits worth UGX35.5 million to Kawempe Referral Hospital as part of its year-ender Corporate Social Investment programme. The donation is part of an ongoing campaign in which the bank and several other organisations and …
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Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mothers in Rwampara district are demanding adequate maternal health services. According to the Rwampara District Health Officer Allan Twesigomwe, women can access maternal health services from five health centres in the entire district, contrary to the policy of accessing the service from all health centres …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda’s Maternal Health Campaign dubbed “Every Mother Counts” has received a big boost from Rotary International and other partners through a new programme. The multi-partner Maternal, and Child Health (MCH) programme dubbed “saving mothers and children together” comes to reinforce the attainment of …
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