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“We feel so proud and happy about what we have become. We manage our babies very well and discharge them alive. We no longer run after the doctors except when babies present with advanced complications,” says Sr Gorret Mukhaye, a registered midwife at Kiryandongo Hospital in the Kiryandongo District of...
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As the Busoga Bureau Chief for the Uganda Radio Network (URN), I have long had a passion for health journalism. In early 2015 I traveled with Save the Children to the Hoima Regional Referral Hospital to learn about its kangaroo mother care (KMC) program. Although I had written about KMC,...
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Find out how “Baby Miracle” defied death while undergoing intensive treatment in neonatal care units at Kiboga Hospital and later at the Hoima Regional Referral Hospital (RRH).
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Improving the quality of care that women experience during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period has become a major global priority. Achieving good quality care requires not only clinical improvements, but also a person-centered approach that takes into account women’s and health workers’ needs and perspectives. In 2016, the World...
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This story is taken from Childbirth in Uganda: Stories from women and health workers – a collection of 10 stories about birth experiences from the perspectives of women as mothers and healthcare workers – mostly midwives. Eva Nangalo, who shares her story here, has dedicated herself to saving mothers’ and...
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