Uganda: Prenatal and maternal care and training mothers and kids

In eastern Uganda, there is little information on HIV / Aids and pregnancy and contraceptives are often unavailable. Many girls become pregnant at an early age and are then deserted by the father of their child. There is scarcely any prenatal, delivery and postnatal care for pregnant girls and women. A large percentage of the born children die before the age of six. This health care project runned by Hope Alive Uganda is devoted to improve the medical care and assistance given to expectant and new mothers and their newborns.

People near Kisozi in eastern Uganda live in extreme poverty. No less than 45% of them are infected with HIV/Aids. Many children have lost their parents to this disease. Rachel Nangobi leads the women's crafts group in Buwenda, Jinja and has Aids. Hope Alive tells her story: “Rachel experienced many prejudices, but decided not to remain silent, but speak up about AIDS and become an example to many women. She started her own crafts business and her succes made her strong and determined to keep this business going. She was able to pay for medicine and now believes her life is prolongued
because of this."

The poor medical health services causes the high mortality rate of children before the age of six.  The project of HAU is responding to a great need among the population for medical facilities and assistance to mother and child, in an
environment afflicted by poverty and HIV / AIDS.