Tag Archives: babies

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Companies that produce formula are feeding off the ignorance of mothers on breastmilk production to sell their products. This is according to paediatricians and nutritionists who point out that many advertisements about formula make mothers believe that such substitutes are equal to breastmilk. A report …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Former World Champions Dorcus Inzikuru and Speaker Rebecca Kadaga joined hundreds of runners Sunday who turned up to raise millions to support the work of Mildmay Uganda. When Kadaga flagged off Inzikuru and several runners in the 2, 5 and 7 km event categories from …

Washington, United States | AFP | A smartphone app that lets users check the eyes of newborn babies for jaundice may be an effective, low-cost way of identifying which cases need treatment, scientists reported Monday. Jaundice, a liver problem which causes the skin and whites of the eyes to turn yellow, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Starting February 2020, women with excess breast milk and would love to donate to babies whose mothers cannot breast feed will deposit it at the Human Breast Milk bank in Nsambya hospital. The Primary Health Care State Minister, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu disclosed this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started assessing the state of neonatal units in the country to ensure they are up to standard. According to Dr Julius Otim, a child health advisor in the ministry, one of the challenges they are establishing in the on-going assessment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda has the potential of bringing maternal deaths to zero with commitment from health workers and prompt appearance of mothers in health centres, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah says. According to Oulanyah, if health facilities are supported with sufficient funding and a well-motivated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers in Uganda are conducting a trial to determine the mortality benefits and cost-effectiveness of kangaroo mother care (KMC) among ill infants weighing 2000 grams or less. KMC is a method of care of preterm infants that involves skin-to-skin contact with the mother or …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many women especially first time mothers miss an important step in appropriate newborn care, and as such, do not initiate their babies on breast milk in the initial hours after childbirth. This is according to the State Minister for Primary Health Care Dr Joyce …

Munich, Germany | AFP | At least 100,000 babies die every year because of armed conflict and its impact, from hunger to denial of aid, Save the Children International said on Friday. In the 10 worst-hit countries, a conservative estimate of 550,000 infants died as a result of fighting between 2013 …

Kampala, Uganda | AMY SLOGROVE, KATHLEEN M. POWIS & MARY-ANN DAVIES | One of the most remarkable public health successes of the last decade in southern Africa has been the reduction in the number of babies born with HIV. This was achieved through the provision of antiretroviral therapy to pregnant and …