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Uganda Conducts Health Survey on Women's Health, Violence Against Women
August 24, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Women Health News
The survey, which was conducted among 11,000 people, found that 42% of pregnant women in Uganda gave birth at a health care facility last year, compared with 37% in 2000 and 36% in 1995. It also found that 74% of women who had given birth from 2001 to 2006 did not receive postnatal care. About 15% of women who had at least a secondary education received prenatal care from a physician, compared with 8% of women who had only a primary education.
Of the women who gave birth at home, 42% received care from a trained health care provider, and 23% received care from a traditional healer. Ugandan women living in urban areas have an average of 4.4 children during, compared with 7.1 children for Ugandan women living in rural areas, according to the survey.
In addition, the survey found that knowledge about contraceptives is almost universal and that contraception use has doubled in the past 11 years. However, only 25% of married women use contraceptives, 41% of married women reported unmet family planning needs and only 37% of the need for family planning nationwide was met, according to the survey.
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