World MPs Meeting Focuses on Maternal Health

Parliamentarians from around the world are set to meet in Uganda for the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly. Some of the issues to be discussed are good governance and maternal health.

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Health experts are concerned at the stubbornly high numbers of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth or as a result. They said that there is need to change strategy to tackle the issue from all fronts including Parliament and at societal level.

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