By Joseph Odoi In a significant stride towards improving maternal healthcare outcomes, a recent study conducted by researchers has shown that an integrated intervention consisting of peer support, mobile phone messaging, and provision of mama kits at the household level is successful in increasing the proportion of facility-based births. This groundbreaking research comes at a […]
MUCHAP, the Makerere University Centre for Health and Population Research, is dedicated to improving the well-being of the Ugandan population through the generation and dissemination of high-quality demographic, health, and socio-economic information. With a focus on the Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (IMHDSS), MUCHAP has been actively engaged in monitoring births, deaths, and migrations […]