Nairobi conference to chart solutions for Uganda’s maternal health gaps
The conference will bring together delegates from more than 100 countries, where a major report on stillbirths in Africa will also be launched.
Medical workers attending to a sick baby in the intensive care unit of Lira Hospital. The Referral hospital has been equipped to meet the high demand for services. (File photo)
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New research to be presented at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC) in Nairobi starting on Monday, March 23, 2026, will highlight both the gaps and the solutions shaping maternal and newborn health in Uganda.
The conference will bring together delegates from more than 100 countries, where a major report on stillbirths in Africa will also be launched.
This is a follow-up conference to one that took place in May 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa, which attracted 1,800 delegates from 95 countries.
Since then, over 60 countries have been addressing priorities, commitments and plans to drive progress for maternal and newborn health and the prevention of stillbirths.
According to conference organisers, the Monday conference will focus on generating solutions to ensure that mothers and newborns in Uganda and around the world not only survive after birth but thrive.
Specialists from Uganda who will make presentations at the conference include health minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng; Moses Nsubuga, counsellor and stillbirth advocate; Richard Mugahi, commissioner for reproductive and child health at the health ministry; Sam Ononge, senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital; and Daniel Murokora, executive director of Babies and Mothers Alive Foundation, among others.
At the end of the conference, participants will be in a position to unpack what works and the barriers to progress, promote strategies to strengthen commitments for maternal and newborn health, and create new ways of working to engage decision-makers, unlock funding, integrate and prioritise maternal and newborn health within broader health agendas, strengthen accountability, and drive change towards 2030 and beyond.