Situka Alliance Initiative Uganda

Male engagement: A winning strategy in the fight against maternal and child mortality At 336 deaths per 100,000 live births, Uganda’s Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is among the highest on the African continent and in the world. Although Development partners have applauded Uganda’s effort and interventions to bring down the under-five mortality rate from 109 to 53 deaths per 1000 live births between 2006 to 2016, Uganda’s MMR continues to rank high in the world with 440 deaths per 100,000 live births according to UNICEF’s latest Data. In Uganda one woman out of every 49 will die of maternal complications related to Pregnancy or Delivery. According the World Health Organization (WHO) Maternal death is described as a death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, regardless of the site or duration of pregnancy from any cause related to, or aggravated by pregnancy or its management. Men are considered primary decision makers in saving lives

Teenage Pregnancy: MEN Should Take Action in Protecting Young People T he World Health Organization describes a teenager as one aged between 10 and 19. Teenagers make up about 25% of Uganda’s Population’s and among the 25% are either pregnant or have had a child. A total of 19% of the teenage girls (1,565,500) have had a child and 6% are carrying their first child. However, when mention of this subject arises males/men are not mentioned or made pivotal in addressing problems or as part of the solution. The narrative that seems to uphold precarious male hegemony will continue finding deeper roots and will be harder to uproot. If durable solutions against teenage pregnancy are to occur, there is need to leverage men/male action, stimulate conversations and entrench practices that do not make the girl child and women sex-toys or play things. Adolescent pregnancies are a global problem that occurs in high, middle, and low income countries. Around the world, adolescent pregnancies

Strengthening Partnership with Caritas Kasanaensis: A call to promote Well Motherhood through Male Engagement: Caritas Kasanaensis has been instrumental in contributing to social and economic empowerment within Luweero Triangle Districts (Nakaseke, Luweero and Nakasongola). In doing this work, there are opportunities for linkage with other development actors. Situka Alliance Initiative (SAI) thought, it would be crucial to work with Caritas Kasanaensis as a joint force to promote people’s welfare within the region. We went ahead and contacted, Fr. Hillary Muheeza the Director Caritas Kasanaensis to explore ways of working together. He welcomed the effort and strategies SAI has put forth to ensure that families and communities live a more meaningful and enjoy a better quality life. Whereas most of their development programmes were geared towards improving welfare and eradicating poverty among communities, the role of men had been underestimated said Betty Namaganda the programme

Displacement and Inequality are two life threatening experiences likely to follow are wars, famine, political unrest and strife. Winnie Byanyima, the current UNAIDS Executive Director makes her argument so well. As well as Adukata John in an article at the East African Daily. Both Winnie and John challenge the narrative that aggressive tendencies should be left to take their full course. They challenge the notion that we should accept losses, that we should not challenge the status quo and that we should accept to be oppressed. They are the champions of hope. At SAI, we have the same message for men. They should challenge the normalized tendencies of aggression, violence, selfishness, looking women down and engaging in negative precarious masculinity sadism.   We can change all that and instead promote self-esteem and dignity affirmation. For more about the connections between the Byanyima and Aduta stories to tranquility, dignity and respect read: “BYANYIMA: Inequality’s

This article by Tadeo Bwambale was picked up from the New Vision of 20th September 2019. Indeed men can do something about reducing Maternal deaths and vulnerabilities, especially during pregnancy. Read this article and find out why, when and where. “Infant deaths also reduced from 56 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011 to 43 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2016, the report observes. Uganda has recorded ‘slight progress’ in reducing child and maternal mortality, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. However, the estimates released on Thursday indicate that the country still ranks among the top 40 countries in the world for high maternal, newborn and child mortality rates. The estimates on Uganda are derived from recent surveys with data on maternal and child health, including the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016 and the 2011 survey. The former shows that Uganda had 368 deaths per 10

According to the New Vision  's Carol Natukunda in a story titled: "Uganda to benefit from $100million public health initiative," of September 28th 2019, "by empowering health workers with timely, relevant and easily actionable information, this would enable health workers to provide the services and save lives.  Data can save lives.  We believe that by enabling frontline health workers with simple, inexpensive data analytics tools, we can together save at least 6 million lives between now and 2030, in 10 countries starting with India and Uganda.  The Rockefeller Foundation is science-driven philanthropy that seeks to inspire as well as promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world by identifying and accelerating breakthrough solutions, ideas, and conversations." We are so thrilled that ideas can be supported by financial and logistical boosts. Our work is at the intersection between social work, public health and enshrining quality life pract

The People of Uganda are very hard working and that is an understatement. Well! A well worn cliche! The cities in Uganda can have many descriptions depending on administrative intentions or which side one finds means to put food to table or for other reasons.  The reason for this very short blog is to draw on the reader's artistic intelligence. As well, a moral for gratitude, self esteem and dignity affirmation.  Nature respects humans and she provides us gifts generously. Imagine if men dropped their precarious masculinity hegemony tendencies and instead strove to ensure a tranquility for women and the children? There is a moral Fort Portal tries to convey to all of us. The moral is written in short chapters whose subheadings are: Child Protection, Culture, Dignity Affirmation, Female Power, Fort Portal, Male Involvement, Self-esteem, Social Empowerment and Social Support. Cities are some of the fall back places as far as aesthetics and practicality go. If one jus