Maternal Health Review Uganda
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Date
2003
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Makerere University Institute of Public Health
Abstract
Uganda has a high maternal mortality ratio, typical of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with an estimated 505 maternal deaths per 100.000 live births. While several measures to combat the poor reproductive health performance have been put in place by the government, Maternal and Child Health programs have in the past focused more attention on child-care programs with a particularly strong emphasis on immunization. A number of studies have been undertaken in Uganda to understand the dimensions of maternal health performance and the broader reproductive rights and health issues. In many cases the
available literature has been fragmented with little effort to bring it together for policy and health systems learning. The Demographic Health Surveys of 1988-1989, 1995 and 2000-2001 [1,2,3] have been a major source of information on maternal and reproductive health. The Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment of 1995/6, which was conducted in 14 districts, and is the largest recent survey of institutional capacity to deliver maternal services, provides another source of baseline information on maternal health. Several small studies have been undertaken that have important bearings on maternal health and reproductive health in general.
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Keywords
maternal mortality, sub-Saharan Africa, Child Health programs
Citation
Ssengooba, F., Neema, S., Mbonye, A., Sentubwe, O., & Onama, V. (2003). Maternal health review Uganda. Unpublished report.] Health Systems Development Programme, Makerere University Institute of Public Health, Kampala.