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Daily Monitor
Wednesday April 28 2021
Summary
Uganda suffers a persistently high maternal mortality ratio currently at 336 per 100,000 live births which translates into 16 women dying every day during childbirth.
Lack of basic maternal health commodities such as gloves, syringes, blood and medicines are the major causes of maternal deaths.
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The Centre for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has sued government for not adhering to court orders that mandated it to raise funding for the maternal health budget in the forthcoming financial year.
In the petition filed yesterday before the Constitutional Court, the civil society organisation contends that the maternal health budget for the 2021/2022 Financial Year has instead been cut by 9.3 per cent.