Dr. Geofrey Mugisha, Principal Medical Officer for Clinical Services, identified Buganda, Ankole, Lango, and Busoga as regions with the highest number of birth injuries.
The 20 million EURO or 84 billion shillings project will also support initiatives to strengthen health systems in Africa and accelerate access to life-saving medicines to end preventable maternal deaths.
The 25 million Euros project (approximately 100 billion Shillings) was being implemented in the 14 districts of the West Nile and Acholi Sub-region benefiting both the host and South Sudan refugee population.
Dr Mary Otieno, a Technical Advisor at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) implored the Parliament to pass the necessary policy legislation for adolescent health, to help Uganda achieve her Vision 2040 of reducing population growth rate from 3.2 per cent to 2.4 per cent so as to reap the demographic dividend.
