Mobile Technology Reducing Cameroon's Maternal, Child Deaths
Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE— Cameroon is experimenting with an automated message service to reduce the number of deaths of pregnant women and infants in Cameroon due to lack of information on antenatal...
View ArticleNamibia: Maternity waiting homes protect newborns and mothers (WHO - World...
(Source: WHO - World Health Organization) January 2016 Two years ago, under shade trees in a field adjacent to the Okongo Hospital located in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia, 20 to 30 tents...
View ArticleOver 1,000 stillbirths in Pune every year
PUNE: At a time when Pune is vying for a place in the Prime Minister's list of 100 smart cities, the basic health infrastructure in the city vis-a-vis mother-child care remains abysmally poor. More...
View ArticleAntenatal Care Keeps Ugandan Women and Their Babies Alive (Elizabeth Glaser...
(Source: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation) Maternal & Child Health, Uganda By Frederick Womakuyu, EGPAF-Uganda | November 17, 2016 At Kikyenkye Health Centre III near Ibanda, Uganda, I...
View ArticleThe Majority of Stillbirths Occur in Africa But How Does A Mother Deal With...
Below is the speech I delivered at the launch of the Lancet Series on Ending Preventable Stillbirths. At the launch, I spoke of my own experience of stillbirth in Nigeria and the work that we can do to...
View ArticleWorld making barely any progress on preventing stillbirths, says Lancet
It will be more than 160 years before a woman in Africa has the same chance of her baby being born alive as a woman in a rich country, new research claims...
View Article'My mother did everything but she was left to bleed to death after giving birth'
As the World Health Assembly nears, people in Uganda and beyond are mobilising to demand progress on reproductive health and childcare...
View ArticleGalamsey Women Dont Attend Ante-Natal
Dr. Edmund Ekow Kaitoo, the medical officer in charge of the East Akim Municipal Health Directorate, in the Eastern Region, has observed that some pregnant women in the area do not attend antenatal...
View ArticleYour stories on childbirth and maternal healthcare around the world
We asked you to tell us about your experiences of pregnancy and childbirth where you live. Here are some of your stories, from giving birth in a refugee camp in Kenya to a mountain village in Pakistan...
View ArticleGrief and compassion in the birthing suite (UTS - University of Technology,...
(Source: UTS - University of Technology, Sydney) Midwives devote their careers to delivering healthy newborns into the arms of their parents. But what happens when things go wrong and the long-awaited...
View ArticleStatement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou...
(Source: ICC - International Criminal Court) Honourable Judges, This trial is about violence and misery that blighted the lives of millions of people living in Northern Uganda. Ordinary civilians, who...
View ArticleAnnual Headline Inflation increases to 3.6 percent in April 2015 (Bank of...
(Source: Bank of Uganda) UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS P.O. Box 7186, Kampala; Tel: 0414 - 706000; Fax: 0414 - 237553; Email: ubos@ubos.org; Website: www.ubos.org CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - APRIL 2015 PRESS...
View Article11 ideas to improve maternal health in areas of conflict and extreme poverty
How can we improve healthcare for new and expectant mothers in insecure environments? Our panel of experts share their thoughts...
View ArticleWhy are Uganda's schools disappearing?
The bulldozers razed Nabagereka Primary School to the ground, leaving nothing but rubble and classroom detritus. Rose Nakamya heard about her school's demolition when she was watching the morning news...
View ArticleH.E PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI PAYS A TWO DAYS WORKING STATE VISIT TO...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda) Latest News Highlights Sunday, 18th September 2016 H.E President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni paid a two-day Working State Visit to France from...
View ArticleInternational Adoption, Family Preservation and Money
In a recent blog post an adoptive mother somewhere in the U.S. and blessed with 13 kids already, asks her readers for donations. She is in the process of adopting another two children from the Ukraine,...
View ArticleAfrica Live: Abducted Chibok girl 'rescued', Tanzania jihadi video
Nigerian girl seized by militant Islamists 'found', 'Tanzania jihadists' release video, Ugandan opposition leader charged with treason, and other African news updates. Watch Duration: 2:27 From African...
View ArticleHip-hop vibe, uplifting message: Meet Uganda's top breakers and rappers
(CNN)Just as we'd entered the last decade of the 20th Century, Tekya Abraham, aged just 10, posed in front of a mirror with a toothbrush in his hand. He was pretending to rap like the hip-hop stars of...
View ArticleNalubale Rafting - Down the River Nile
If you are heading to Africa, have I got a plan for you! (Kampala, Uganda.) My telephone rang at 05:51. It was my Ronald from Nalubale Rafting. He was looking for the hotel in Kampala where I was...
View ArticleHow Kampala-Jinja Expressway construction will affect residents
Pedestrians, slow moving vehicles and those with powered wheelchairs will not be allowed to use the high speed expressway once it is completed The government valuer said approvals of the resettlement...
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