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In Uganda, 96 babies out of every 1000 die every day due to stillbirths. Stillbirths are babies born with no sign of life at 28 weeks or later. Additionally, another 81 babies die each day before reaching the first month according to UNICEF Data on Maternal and Newborn Health disparities in Uganda. The month of October is the International Pregnancy ...

According to a report by UNICEF, Uganda is among the only five countries in the world that is still keeping schools shut during the pandemic. James Elder, a spokesperson at a UN Geneva conference said over 600 million children not on academic break are still affected by school closures. He said this is due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said ...

Pressure on the government to find more covid-19 vaccines for Ugandans is intensifying as the previous batch will run out this week. By the end of May, the government transferred $11m (Shs 38.7b) to the United Nations Children’s Fund. This is for procurement of vaccines through COVAX.However, the 20% funded by Global Alliance for Vaccines and immunization (GAVI)/ COVAX has ...