Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) Examinations enter their third week, the body charged with organizing them has hailed several pregnant candidates for overcoming the odds to write their O levels. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) in a statement today on social media, …
Read More »Researchers recommend digital labor care guide for maternity care providers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers have urged the government to fast-track the use of the electronic partograph, a digital tool that helps in monitoring the progress of labor in expectant mothers. This will help to improve health outcomes in maternity care. The Makerere University-based scientists who were releasing results …
Read More »Calls for sex education renewed as study links more minors to sex
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 60 percent of young girls and women admitted to having sexual intercourse before attaining 18-years, the age of consent in Uganda. A survey by the Makerere University School of Public health has found that while 3 in 10 girls who are in school acknowledged having …
Read More »Any amount of alcohol use during pregnancy harmful to child’s brain
Sydney, Australia | XINHUA | Any amount of alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have a significant impact on a child’s brain development, leading to anxiety, depression, and poor attention in youth, a new research from Australia’s University of Sydney said. Published on Friday, researchers from the university’s Matilda Center for …
Read More »Higher manganese levels linked to low preeclampsia risk
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Expectant women who have low levels of manganese, an essential mineral which the body requires to function properly are likely to develop preeclampsia. This is according to a study published on Tuesday in the medical journal Epidemiology. Researchers at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of …
Read More »Availability of preeclampsia drugs low in private hospitals -Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private hospitals lack essential drugs for treating preeclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is a common condition in pregnant women who present with high blood pressure. It often leads to complications for the expectant mother and baby. But for so many women in Uganda who develop the condition, it …
Read More »Teen pregnancies likely to rise during lock-down
Lock-down Diary: Day 12, Easter COMMENT | Primah Kwagala | It is Easter Sunday and there was no church or the hullaballoo of Kampalans running up and about in their Sunday best to fill churches. Not many people have made a fuss about not being able to do that on social …
Read More »Research shows possible transmission of coronavirus from mother to child
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coronavirus has multiple possible routes of transmission including from mother to the baby while still in the womb, researchers have established. In a study whose results were published in the global science journal – JAMA on Thursday evening, researchers at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University …
Read More »Hoima officials mobilise women to deliver at health facilities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traditional Birth Attendants-TBAs are still active in Hoima district despite the ban on their services by government in 2010. Government outlawed the services of TBAs with the hope of reducing maternal and infant mortality in the country. According to health officials in the district, …
Read More »Activists call for single method for pregnancy and HIV protection
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a trial ruled out any increased risks of HIV acquisition associated with use of contraceptives – implants, depo provera injections and copper inter uterine device, activists are now calling for research into a method that can provide double protection against both HIV and pregnancy …
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