Dear members, please read below for those who didnt read daily monitor. We shall remain to oppose it here on West Nile net but the actors are going ahead. They have got permission to have a peaceful demonstration and will be taking a petition to Deputy speaker of parliament on 7th June 2011. The petition has been signed by 28 organizations and others are still signing. You can join if you have a feeling for the suffering of helpless Ugandans, forget about it if you dont.
Christine ------------------------------ *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Martin Male *Sent:* Monday, May 30, 2011 10:45 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: [stop stock-outs:1065] RE: Activists storm court over maternal deaths Greetings activists. Thank you for letting the underprivileged be heard. Keep up the good job. Martin, MAVAP. *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mulumba, Moses *Sent:* Sunday, May 29, 2011 10:46 AM *To:* stop stock outs *Subject:* [stop stock-outs:1063] RE: Activists storm court over maternal deaths FYI, Mulumba See: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1170928/-/c0y7y1z/-/index.html Hundreds of concerned women, men, medical practitioners and people living with HIV/Aids on Friday, stormed the Constitutional Court to hear a case filed against government’s high maternal deaths. The matter arose in March this year when a civil society group, Centre for Health Human Rights and Development together with three individuals; Prof Ben Twinomugisha, a lecturer at Makerere University, Ms Rodah Kukkiriza and Mr Valente Inziku dragged the Attorney General to the Court. Clad in black T-shirts with words: ‘Not another needless death: Government stop the deaths of mothers now!’, the activists converged at the court premises at 8am and remained devoted throughout their stay. The group accuse government of, among others, for failing to provide basic indispensable maternal facilities in government health services leading to high maternal deaths. They further claim to be affected by the imprudent and unethical behaviour of health workers towards expectant mothers, an act, they say, is inconsistent with the Constitution. At least 16 expectant mothers die each day during child birth or soon. However, the State was not represented at the case which upset lawyers of the petitioners led by Mr David Kabanda. But this did not deter Court registrar, Erias Kisawuzi from moving to hear Mr Kabanda’s conference notes after which, he gave him an audience. The registrar advised the lawyers to put their petition in order by June 7 and thereafter see if they could fix the matter for hearing citing a backlog of cases and judgments the justices have to attend to next month. The petitioners want court to compel government to compensate families of mothers who have died due to negligence of health workers and none provision of basic maternal health care packages and be compensated because of rights violation. However, the government in its defence suggests that the disciplinary committees of nurses and mid wives council and the medical and dental practitioners should address the issue involving unethical behaviours among medical workers. The government also claims the petition is speculative, discloses no question for constitutional interpretation, lacks merit and that it should be dismissed with costs. According to the trends in maternal mortality between 1990-2008, the leading causes of maternal deaths include, massive shortage of trained professional health workers to attend births and lack of access to emergency obstetric care. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Stop Stockouts" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stop-stockouts?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Stop Stockouts" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stop-stockouts?hl=en.
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