LOCKDOWN WOES: Mothers turn to Traditional Birth Attendants
Birungi had attended all her antenatal visits at the nearby health centre. However, on June 26, she visited a traditional birth attendant, who told her that she had been “bewitched and would die during delivery” if she attempted to deliver from a health facility.
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Andrew Kaahwa with children at their home in Kakindo sub-county, Kakumiro district.
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LOCKDOWN | TBAs | MOTHERS
Birungi suffered postpartum hemorrhage while giving birth under the watch of a traditional birth attendant. Her condition was not helped by a nearby healthy centre