Equipping Uganda Midwives to Change Lives
Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Deaths, While Providing Support in Stillbirth
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Uganda’s Mothers and Babies are Dying
In 2022, Uganda’s Mother Mortality Rate was 10x greater than the US.
Mothers usually die from postpartum hemorrhage as well as preeclampsia/eclampsia and infection. The factors are many, but one is a lack of knowledge by the care providers in dealing with high risk perinatal care.
We are also burdened by the lack of perinatal bereavement care that families receive after a stillbirth.
Saving Lives With Medical Training, and Healing Hearts With Care After Loss
Since 2017, Birth With Dignity has been teaming up with Mbale Regional Referral Hospital and more recently St. Francis Nsambya Hospital in Uganda.
We’re working hand-in-hand to improve high-risk maternal and neonatal care, and to enhance perinatal bereavement support.
Our dedicated midwife teams, bolstered by our local leaders, are doing some fantastic work and we couldn’t be prouder. Beyond our hospital partnerships, we’re making waves with training sessions and educational events, sharing our knowledge with midwives and health leaders. Our goal is simple but vital: equip healthcare providers in Uganda to handle every birth with knowledge, excellent nursing care, compassion, and, of course, dignity.
Connecting and Educating is Making a Difference!
Before we used to have a lot of deaths, we lacked knowledge… I am really working hand in hand with the midwives to make sure that Birth with Dignity proceeds very well, and it spreads throughout the whole country.”
Magdalene
Senior Principal Nursing Officer,
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital.
I am so blessed that I held my baby because my family did not want me to know that the baby had died and they wanted to hide it, thank you nurse for helping me be with my baby.”
Ugandan mother of a stillborn baby
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Partnership and Growth
Many things transpired during our January time in Uganda. We want to share a few of the things that were accomplished and that we find significant for our work there. We honestly feel a bit overwhelmed with all that is ahead of us, all the possibilities, but as always, will trust that God is leading…
Gratefulness Abounds
We are home and look back on this year’s trip with gratefulness and awe of the changes we are now seeing in Uganda. Here is only a partial list of the amazing events that happened on this trip. Thank you for all the prayers on our behalf. They were answered in abundance, and we will…
Momentum Slowly Building
Friends, family, and supporters of Birth with Dignity, To say prayers on our behalf while we were in Uganda were answered would be an understatement. During this trip here, we have given two nursing conferences to a total of 45 country leaders and also did additional teaching at OB/GYN rounds, antenatal clinics, other hospitals, and…