Embrace safe mother- hood:
Facts about Commodities for Reproductive Health
 Only 2%-6% of funds allocated for contraceptives are spent
 Poor reproductive health accounts for up to 20% of Uganda’s burden of disease
 32% of the total burden of disease for women of reproductive age
 Newborn deaths contribute 40% of all deaths of under-fives
 Many maternal deaths can be avoided if women who do not want children use contraceptives
 Only 28.7% of government spending goes to reproductive health
 One in every 13 babies born in Uganda does not live to the first birthday
 46% of women cite unavailability of medications their most serious problem in accessing health care
 Only 35% in Uganda are weighed at birth; 11% babies are underweight at birth
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