Coverage of antenatal care in India has to be increased: WHO
In 2013, globally, preterm birth complications were responsible for 15 per cent (0.96 million) of deaths in children under five years of age. It is a leading cause of death in neonates (0-27 days after...
View ArticleExplainer: what are women’s options for giving birth? (University of Western...
(Source: University of Western Sydney) The following piece, by Professor Hannah Dahlen from the School of Nursing and Midwifery(opens in new window) was first published by The Conversation (opens in...
View ArticleTraining volunteers and supporting health systems improves access to...
(Source: IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) According to Ethiopia's 2011 Demographic and Health Survey, nearly half a million children under-five die every year....
View ArticleMidwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths (UNFPA -...
(Source: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund) A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton STUNG...
View ArticleMidwife Explains The Spiritual Side Of Birth
Birth is rarely depicted in popular media as anything other than a painful and traumatic experience. Midwife Marianne Littlejohn, who runs a website and practice in Cape Town, South Africa, called...
View ArticleTraditional Birth Attendants: Lights of the Community (Elizabeth Glaser...
(Source: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation) By Team EGPAF | August 30, 2016 Margaret Awong'o lives in Lochorekaal, a village of about 20 families in northwest Kenya, not far from the South...
View ArticleDoulas for hire: an extra carer for childbirth
When Capella Sherwood discovered she was pregnant within a few weeks of moving to Cork from Canada, one of the first things she did was to Google “doula”. “I knew nobody in Cork, nobody in Ireland,”...
View ArticleAll about baby - tips on getting ready for big arrival
Gas, air and the epidural are what automatically spring to mind when you think of pain relief during labour and childbirth. But there are a number of “natural” or non-pharmacological methods of pain...
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 Article>Lack of experience fuels West Africa Ebola crisis
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — When Ebola hit Uganda two years ago — the third outbreak in a dozen years — the president quickly went on TV and urged Ugandans to avoid touching each other. Health officials...
View ArticleNew Lancet Series finds counting births and deaths is an indicator of...
(Source: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund) Press release Worldwide nearly six million babies are born and die each year without birth or death certificates New Lancet Series finds counting...
View ArticleLack of experience fuels West Africa Ebola crisis
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — When Ebola hit Uganda two years ago — the third outbreak in a dozen years — the president quickly went on TV and urged Ugandans to avoid touching each other. Health officials...
View ArticleHuman Rights Committee visits PAP (Parliament of the Republic of Uganda)
(Source: Parliament of the Republic of Uganda) Members of the Ugandan Parliament are visiting the Pan African Parliament to understudy its operations with regard to enforcement of respect of human...
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 ArticleAga Khan University to Build New Teaching Hospital in Kampala, Uganda (Aga...
(Source: Aga Khan Development Network) Aga Khan University to Build New Teaching Hospital in Kampala, Uganda His Highness the Aga Khan and His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda lay a brick...
View ArticleUganda: The thin line between victim and perpetrator
Florence Ayot was nine when she was abducted from her home in Uganda’s vast and arid north. That was in 1989. She would spend 15 years with the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), trekking...
View ArticleThis 'eco stove' does more than cook your dinner
(CNN)In Uganda, more than 28 million people in the country are without electricity. To put that into perspective, the entire population of the beautiful landlocked east-central African nation is less...
View ArticleIs Uganda the best place to be a refugee?
The country’s unusual open policy gives refugees land, education and a chance to work – but instability in neighbouring nations is putting pressure on resources...
View ArticleUganda: Police stop gay pride parade deemed illegal
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan police on Saturday prevented organizers from holding a gay pride parade on the orders of a government minister who said such an event is illegal. Police blocked...
View ArticleMonday expected to be rainy day across the country
According to the weather forecast released by the Uganda National Meteorological Authority, the Lake Victoria Basin region that includes Entebbe, Kampala, Mukono, Wakiso, Jinja, Mayuge and Bugiri, is...
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