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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.

Andrew Kaahwa with children at their home in Kakindo sub-county, Kakumiro district.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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

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Lockdown woes
Mothers
Traditional Birth Attendants
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Anna Mary Birungi
Andrew Kaahwa