The Nurture Africa Health Programme took place in southern Uganda’s Wakiso district with a focus on reducing maternal and infant mortality rates by scaling up access to comprehensive Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services for 2,000 vulnerable pregnant women during the COVID pandemic.
Education on the risks of Covid-19 was vital in ensuring that women knew essential practices to adopt for the safety of themselves and their children. Health centre health workers were given training to assess the condition of any Covid 19 patient and decide on the next course of action which, in severe cases, could be a referral to a designated treatment centre or treat the patient with standard drug combinations for those with minimal signs and symptoms.
Immunisation services were sometimes hindered by the failure of some guardians to bring their children back to Nurture Africa to complete their immunisation schedule. Through health education and pre-calling of all guardians to remind them of their children’s appointment dates, it increased the immunisation schedule completion rate from 93% to 98%.
This approach gave Nurture Africa an opportunity to diagnose Covid 19 locally and treat some of the patients while referring the more severe cases.
This allowed for the rapid and accurate assessment of patients during the Covid-19 epidemic. We would like to say thank you to all our supporters for making this project possible.
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