Tag: birth

    Many mothers all over Uganda continue to give birth to children with spina bifida and hyrocephalus. Research has shown that 70% of these impairments can be prevented by ...

    Hydrocephalus is treated surgically either by draining the excessive fluids into the abdomen by placing a special tube called a drain or a shunt. It is also possible ...

  Prevention of further damage to bladder and kidneys can be achieved through routine catheterization to fully empty the patient’s bladder. This procedure called Clean intermittent Catheterization can be taught ...

  Spina bifida is one of the most common congenital birth defects, affecting one in every 1000 live births globally according to revelations by Dr Michael Muhumuza, the Acting Head ...

A new study carried out in Northern Uganda indicates that the number of women who are delivered by Traditional Birth Attendants has doubled.The study which was conducted by World Vision ...

  Causes of cord accidents or obstructed labour that is to say the baby gets stuck on its way either because it is too big or the mother's bones are ...

  Having a good diet helps us to prevent spinal bifida. This is the most common of a group of birth defects in Uganda and around the world known as ...

Uganda to fine women for giving birth Terrible! Uganda government is set to fine women and girls who give birth at their homes. The move is intended to quash the ...

  Buganda Lukiiko members have asked the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II to produce the mother of the new born prince, Richard Semakokiro. The Lukiiko members (supreme Buganda ...

  Following the publication of a photograph of a woman who the editorial team of the New Vision Group believed at the time to be the mother of the new ...