Joy Biira, a Nursing Officer at Kasese Municipal Health Center III, says they have registered an increase in the number of women seeking family planning services since the lockdown started.
There is an increase in the number of women seeking
contraceptives in Kasese Town, URN has learnt.
Joy Biira, a Nursing Officer at
Kasese Municipal Health Center III, says they have registered an increase in
the number of women seeking family planning services since the lockdown started.
According to Biira, they now register between 5 to 10 first
time mothers seeking family planning services each day compared to the past
where they could spend days without receiving any clients.
She suspects that the mothers could have resorted to family
planning services to avoid unplanned pregnancies now that they spent a lot of
time with their spouses or because they have some free time because of the
lock down.
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Dr James Muliwabyo the In Charge Kasese Municipal Health Centre III has confirmed the increasing number of women seeking family planning
services.
He
however, suspects that some of the mothers could have resorted to this health centre since most health facilities are distant because of the lock down.
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Sarah Musabe, a mother of three told URN that despite the fact
that she was due for her family planning injection next week, she couldn’t take
chances because her husband around all the time.
Basaija is a graduate of Uganda Christian University (UCU-Mukono) holding a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communication.
He is a currently pursuing a fellowship in Gender Communications at Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications Nairobi, Kenya and expected to graduate in 2025.
He also boosts of numerous training's in the journalism arena.
Before joining URN, he had served as documentation support personnel, radio presenter and a news editor.
