President Museveni has cited ignorance, corruption, and cultural beliefs as the three major impediments to quality medical care at public health facilities countrywide.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Prime Minister, MsRobinahNabbanja, at the handover of village ambulances in Kampala yesterday, the President said the government effort to improve maternal health, provide medical supplies and to improve the quality of care in rural hospitals has, among others, been hampered by corrupt public health officials.
The President said it is imperative to note that the three major constraints hindering the success of government health programmes in a way affecting maternal health programmes are the information gap among rural women, cultural beliefs and corruption by public health officers managing these health facilities.
He hailed Rotarians for their humanitarian gesture, which is focusing on giving healthcare services to unprivileged communities.
Peace GeofreyTaremwa, the district Governor of Rotary District 9214, said early this year, they donated nine tricycle village ambulances to the districts of Kabarole, Wakiso and Kabale.
He said the ambulances have proved to be sustainable means of transport for pregnant women to access health facilities to deliver.
Taremwa called upon the Prime Minister to rally Members of Parliament to each buy a village ambulance for their constituencies to ease transportation of pregnant mothers to healthcare facilities.
