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Mar 16, 2010
<b>Mothers advised on care</b><br>JINJA-Expectant mothers should attend antenatal clinics instead of going to traditional birth attendants, an official from the health ministry has advised. Enid Mwebaza, the assistant commissioner for health services in charge of nursing, noted that maternal deaths
Mothers advised on care
JINJA-Expectant mothers should attend antenatal clinics instead of going to traditional birth attendants, an official from the health ministry has advised. Enid Mwebaza, the assistant commissioner for health services in charge of nursing, noted that maternal deaths in developing countries like Uganda is high due to lack of proper care during pregnancy. Speaking during a campaign to promote safe motherhood at PMM Girls’ School on Wednesday, Mwebaza said bleeding during birth accounts for about 25% of maternal deaths in Uganda. She added that infections during or after delivery cause about 13% deaths. “Traditional birth attendants lack the expertise to manage these conditions. We encourage mothers to get assistance from trained personnel,†she said.
K’jong migrate over food
MOROTO-Food shortages in Karamoja have forced an estimated 1,500 Karimojong to migrate to the green belts in Kotido district, Kotido LC5 vice-chairperson Grace Oyugi said on Friday. “We have experienced a mass migration to the farming belt in the past three months,†she said. Karamoja sub-region has for the last four years experienced crop failure due to little or no rain in most areas. The World Food Programme, charged with food distribution in the region, also suspended the exercise for the last four months. “Most people from Kaceeri sub-county have now settled in Lobanya traditional farming areas. Others from Panyangara have crossed to Kangorok on the borders of Kotido and Acholi land,†Oyugi said.
Amend law on bail – Kayihura
MBALE-The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, has echoed President Yoweri Museveni’s call to Parliament to amend the Constitution so that suspects of certain criminal offences are denied court bail. Kayihura made the remarks on Friday while addressing the congregation which was attending the installation of the new chairman of Mbale Church Elders Fellowship, an organisation that unites born-again churches in Mbale, at Living Word Worship Church. He said some laws inherited from the British penal code favour suspected criminals.
JINJA-Expectant mothers should attend antenatal clinics instead of going to traditional birth attendants, an official from the health ministry has advised. Enid Mwebaza, the assistant commissioner for health services in charge of nursing, noted that maternal deaths in developing countries like Uganda is high due to lack of proper care during pregnancy. Speaking during a campaign to promote safe motherhood at PMM Girls’ School on Wednesday, Mwebaza said bleeding during birth accounts for about 25% of maternal deaths in Uganda. She added that infections during or after delivery cause about 13% deaths. “Traditional birth attendants lack the expertise to manage these conditions. We encourage mothers to get assistance from trained personnel,†she said.
K’jong migrate over food
MOROTO-Food shortages in Karamoja have forced an estimated 1,500 Karimojong to migrate to the green belts in Kotido district, Kotido LC5 vice-chairperson Grace Oyugi said on Friday. “We have experienced a mass migration to the farming belt in the past three months,†she said. Karamoja sub-region has for the last four years experienced crop failure due to little or no rain in most areas. The World Food Programme, charged with food distribution in the region, also suspended the exercise for the last four months. “Most people from Kaceeri sub-county have now settled in Lobanya traditional farming areas. Others from Panyangara have crossed to Kangorok on the borders of Kotido and Acholi land,†Oyugi said.
Amend law on bail – Kayihura
MBALE-The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, has echoed President Yoweri Museveni’s call to Parliament to amend the Constitution so that suspects of certain criminal offences are denied court bail. Kayihura made the remarks on Friday while addressing the congregation which was attending the installation of the new chairman of Mbale Church Elders Fellowship, an organisation that unites born-again churches in Mbale, at Living Word Worship Church. He said some laws inherited from the British penal code favour suspected criminals.