Neonatal Health: Government Interventions in Reducing Neonatal Deaths

The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Health has over the years concentrated on uplifting the maternal and neonatal health standards to reduce on complications or mortality faced by the mothers, unborn babies and the newborns.

The World Health Organisation notes that maternal mortality refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death.

Improving Neonatal Health in Uganda

The 2016 Uganda Demographic Health Survey indicates that Uganda has made major strides in reducing child mortality and maternal mortality.

According to the Director of Curative Services at the ministry of Health, Dr Charles Olaro, the Ministry of Health constituted the National Newborn Steering Committee comprising of health professionals and development partners to support the implementation of high impact interventions for the new borns under the “newborn health care agenda 2019.”