BLACK MONDAY-TODAY'S PICTURE
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| A pregnant woman in Amuru District heads out with a friend for the Black Monday Dialogue FOWODE was holding in her community last Monday 5th August 2013. |
When midwives turned to mobile phone light to save mothers
A mother at Lapainat Health Centre III lies on the floor as she waits to be attended to. Midwives now use mobile phone light to help mothers deliver. In Summary Finding options. With most of the health facilities lacking adequate personnel and the required medical equipment, most affected people -- the peasants -- decided to take control of their development affairs. The experience she goes through is beyond her imagination. Just in her early 20s, Vistine Kemigisha is already dealing with situations that even an experienced midwife would not wish to face. “I remember a day when I assisted a woman to deliver in a facility that didn’t have any equipment. Not even light. Yet it was late in the night,” Kemigisha, a young midwife in Kabale District, told the Saturday Monitor. “This woman was brought to the health centre by a group of six young men, who had each carried her in turns on their shoulders.”In her attempt to help th...
I am impressed by the pregnant woman puting on black! There is need for more people to join the activism against theft of public money! In Uganda, the world bank's recent findings show that over 1,000 Billion Uganda Shillings are lost due to corruption. This money would do a lot and would save '000 of lives!
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