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Uganda 3 Uganda Maternal and Newborn Health Disparities In 2015, approximately 1,700,000 babies were born in Uganda, or around 4,600 every day.1 Among young women (aged 20-24), 33 percent gave birth by age 18.2 Approximately 81 babies will die each day before reaching their first month3; 96 stillbirths occur every day.6 Neonatal mortality rate:

Maternal and neonatal mortality in Uganda remain persistently high. While utilisation of maternal health services has been shown to reduce the risk of maternal death, little is known about the inequalities in utilisation of maternal health services in Uganda. This study examined the inequalities in utilisation of maternal health services between 2006 and 2016 to draw implications for achieving ...

However, the Ministry of Health has made significant progress in promoting safe motherhood, reducing maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, infant mortality and under-five mortality. "We have reduced the maternal mortality ratio from 336 to 189 per 1000 live births. We have been able to reduce neonatal mortality from 27 to 22 per 1000 live births.

Uganda continues to grapple with high maternal mortality rates, a pressing public health issue that affects thousands of women each year. Recent reports indicate that the country’s maternal mortality ratio stands at approximately 189 deaths per 100,000 live births, a figure that, while an improvement from previous years, still far exceeds the World Health Organization’s target of fewer ...

Dr. Richard Mugahi, Acting Commissioner for Reproductive and Child Health at the Ministry of Health, emphasizes these advancements, citing a decline in maternal mortality rates to 189 per 100,000 live births. However, challenges persist in achieving the ambitious target of less than 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births by 2030.

Introduction. Despite its reduction over the last decade, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Uganda remains high at approximately 356–438 per 100 000 live births (UBOS 2012; World Bank 2016), due to in part a lack of access to maternal health care (UBOS 2012; Bua et al. 2015).Increasing access to maternal health care requires both supply- and demand-side interventions.

of Uganda’s maternal and child health (MCH) landscape at the subnational level. Methods . By triangulating a number of different data sources – population censuses, household surveys, and ... such as North and West Nile, saw marked progress by 2011; nonetheless, sizeable disparities remained between Kampala and the rest of the country ...

This study analyses data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 2006, 2011, and 2016 in Uganda, to assess trends in inequality for a variety of mother and child health and health care indicators. Methods: The indicators studied are acknowledged as critical for monitoring and evaluating maternal and child health status. These ...

Understanding the problem of maternal and perinatal deaths in Uganda. Although there has been a gradual decline in maternal and perinatal mortality rates in Uganda, significant challenges remain that hinder progress toward achieving the sustainable development goal targets. ... The persistent regional disparities, particularly in areas like the ...

These disparities along a continuum of care for maternal health services are not unique to Uganda [17, 64] and point to two related MCH service delivery challenges facing many countries in sub-Saharan Africa: (1) increasing women’s use of ANC prior to giving birth; and (2) promoting heightened demand for delivery by skilled attendants and/or ...

Globally, huge disparities exist in the distribution of maternal morbidity and mortality [1, 2]. ... you for taking off time to review and provide feedback on this manuscript titled “Continuum of maternity care for maternal health in Uganda: a national cross-sectional study”. Please receive the revised manuscript and a point-by-point ...

Adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) cause significant infant morbidity and mortality in resource-limited settings. Many of the maternal risk factors associated with ABOs can be prevented. We present the prevalence, trends, and risk factors of selected ABOs from a hospital-based birth defects surveillance program in Kampala, Uganda. We analyzed data for all mothers with singleton deliveries collected ...

Uganda should scale-up decentralisation and integration of maternal health delivery in local communities as a strategy of addressing lingering geographical disparities, and ultimately improve maternal health outcomes in the SDGs period.

Maternal and Newborn Health Disparities country profiles—UNICEF DATA [Internet]. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. ... Helle Max Martin (Nursing Contradictions) has written about maternal health in Uganda and also look at recent publications in BMC pregnancy and birth, Social Science & Medicine, Health Policy & Planning. ...

Methods: We used the Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2006, 2011 and 2016 to analyse inequalities in utilisation of antenatal care (ANC4+), skilled birth attendance (SBA), postnatal care (PNC) and a package of maternal health services. Equity ratios, concentration curves, concentration indices and regression analysis were used in the estimations.

The above gender analysis of maternal health and health care in Uganda revealed a number of gender-related barriers which need to be addressed if maternal health and health care is to be improved. At the household and community level, interventions are needed, for example, which challenge norms that view men as sole providers and women as care ...

Rhea Manohar is a second year medical student from St. George’s University. She has a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health from George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health and a Bachelors of Science in Microbiology, Immunology, and Public Health from the University of Miami.

Conclusion Increased use of health services among the poor and rural populations leads to improved health status and, as a result, the elimination of disparities between the poor and the wealthy, rural and urban people. Trends in inequality in maternal and child health and health care in Uganda: Analysis of the Uganda demographic and health surveys

Maternal health care doesn't end once the baby is delivered. After the three trimesters of pregnancy, there is the postpartum period, known as the "fourth trimester," that extends up until a year ...