EmONC Consultant Technical - Maternal and Newborn Consultants Jobs in Uganda

EmONC Consultant Technical - Maternal and Newborn Consultants Jobs in Uganda

The USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services- North Acholi supports the 8 districts of Acholi sub region to develop capacity of Districts through proven best practices across priority services of integrated HIV care and Treatment, TB, Malaria, MNCH, RHFP, Nutrition and WASH.

Currently in Uganda, 18 women die every day due to pregnancy-related complications, with over 90% occurring around child birth. Direct causes of death include hemorrhage, obstructed labor, sepsis and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Other indirect causes include: Malaria, Anemia, HIV/AIDS and associated complications.

With regard to newborn health, Uganda’s neonatal mortality rate has remained relatively static at 27 per 1,000 live births, which represents nearly one half of all deaths in the first year of life (56 deaths per 1,000 live births).

With the under-five mortality rate standing at 90 deaths per 1,000 live births WHO (2016).

While good antenatal care can prevent up to one quarter of maternal deaths, presently only 48% of pregnant women in Uganda ( and Acholi region) receive the recommended minimum of four ante-natal care visits, with only 23% having timely ANC in first trimester.

Even where mothers have attended ANCs, the quality of ANC remains a challenge with many health workers unable to detect and manage complications around childbirth.

The deficiency in the quality of care relates to limited skills of health workers to provide life-saving care in case of maternal and newborn emergencies.

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