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Saturday April 17 2021
Left: A health worker explains to an expectant mother why she needs to regularly visit the health centre for antenatal services at UMC Hospital in Mukono. PHOTO/Promise Twinamukye
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Excessive bleeding accounts for 46 per cent of all registered maternal deaths. Hypertensive disorders stand at 11 per cent, followed by infection of the genital tract and abortion related complications.
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In 2017, Catherine Akol, a resident of Jimos village, Losilang Parish, in Kotido District, Karamoja region delivered her first born by a caesarean section.
She was advised to have her next baby in a hospital. In the wee hours of January 17, 2020, a semblance of labour started. Since the pain was not intense, she and her husband Henry Angelo embarked on the journey to Kotido Health Centre IV .
Planning At Local Level Can Accelerate Health Outcomes For Newborns It is estimated that reducing malnutrition could add about 3% to India s GDP as one in every three malnourished children in the world is Indian
Maternal and child health care are the fulcrum on which several of India s national health goals depend. With this as the driving principle, for over a decade now, the country has made substantial investments in Reproductive and Child Health (RCH). This has been done by expanding the related infrastructure, services, and human resources and a host of specifically targeted programs.
In 2013, the Government of India (GOI) launched an extensive Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) program. Under this program s aegis, a series of crucial RMNCH+A interventions across 184 high priority districts were also launched. The goal was to provide interventions under a continuum of care approach, ensuring equal focus on women and children s hea