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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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This story on quality midwifery care is taken from Childbirth in Uganda: Stories from women and health workers – a booklet of 10 stories about the birth experience from the perspectives of mothers and healthcare workers – mostly midwives. Agnes Ijakait’s story is featured in this blog. “The work has...
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There must be excitement in the country. The preliminary results of the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) 2016 were released March 14. Bits of good news, some not so good news, and bad news for maternal, newborn and child health in the country. As shown in the table below,...
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Loss to follow-up (LTFU) has been widely known to be a problem of clinical settings most especially in HIV/AIDS interventions such as Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission and other related treatment programmes. However it is also becoming a serious concern in maternal and newborn healthcare (MNH). Reducing maternal and...
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Originally posted on CMNHR. Blog written by Prof. Peter Waiswa (CMNHR Team Leader) and Dr Monica Okuga (CMNHR Coordinator). The 2016 Uganda Maternal and Newborn symposium held October 19 in Kampala came at a strategic time of one year after the end of the Millennium Development Goals and one year...
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