Janet Decries Uganda’s Poor Maternal Health Care admin First Lady Mrs Janet Museveni with Karamoja Affairs State Minister Barbara Oundo and IGAD and OPM Officials during the meeting at State House Nakasero this week First Lady Janet Museveni has revealed that maternal health in Uganda still faces a number of challenges that must be addressed, Chimp Corps report. She cited the lack of knowledge by some women on what to do when pregnant and the insufficient numbers of midwives in health facilities as some of the issues that contribute to hindering progress of improving the maternal health in the country. Mrs Janet Museveni was meeting with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Dr. Julitta Onabanjo who paid a courtesy call on her on this week at Nakasero State House. She said that there is need to continuously educate the women to take care of their health, and to always bring men on board in all issues to do with protecting the mothers, as well as making them aware that handling family issues need both the father and mother. They discussed many issues including the forthcoming event organized by UNFPA and the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) for the First Ladies under the theme of maternal and new-born health. Dr. Julitta Onabanjo commended Mrs. Janet Museveni for her commitment to promote safe motherhood and child health and for spearheading the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality and Aids (CARMMA) and the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (EMTCT) She also congratulated Government for the recent research carried out by the National Panning Authority and UNFPA on harnessing demographic dividends to accelerate socio economic transformation. According to the “harnessing demographic dividends” research report, “Uganda’s young age structure can be turned into a valuable asset for achieving the socioeconomic transformation envisaged in Vision 2040 if birth rates decline rapidly. This will create a population with more working age people than children, which can accelerate economic growth if accompanied by investments in education, health, economic reforms to create quality jobs, and accountability in service delivery and use of public resources.” The UNFPA Regional Director who was in Uganda on a three day visit was accompanied to the meeting by UNFPA Country Representative Esperance Fundira and her Deputy Cecile Compaore.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:13:48 +0000
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