Experts in nutrition reveal that the country is still faced with a big burden of maternal nutrition which is thought to be under looked by the population and government. According to the nutrition expert, Brenda Namugumya, 12% of women in Uganda are malnourished with 23% (3/10) pregnant women are anaemic which causes huge problem at times of giving birth.
Statistics also continue to indicate that out of the 17 women who die daily while giving birth, only 4 of the deaths are as a result of lack of blood and the experts attribute this to poor feeding which causes malnutrition among expectant women.
Health experts also mention that malnutrition is always brought about by the laxity among families and advise that ready to eat foods should always be consumed by the population to save the alarming situation.
