I
strongly agree only to add that our governments and other authorities need to
understand that they have legal obligations towards their constituents.
The right to maternal, child and reproductive health must
be understood as requiring measures from the state to improve child and
maternal health, sexual and reproductive health services, including access to
family planning, pre- and post-natal care, emergency obstetric services and
access to information, as well as to resources necessary to act on that
information.
The right to health, like all human rights, imposes three
types or levels of obligations on the government of Uganda: the obligations to respect,
protect and fulfill.
The obligation to respect
requires the government of Uganda to refrain from interfering directly or
indirectly with the enjoyment of the right to maternal health care.
The obligation to protect requires the government to
take measures that prevent third parties from interfering with the right to maternal
health care.
Finally, the
obligation to fulfill requires the government to adopt appropriate
legislative, administrative, budgetary, judicial, promotional and other
measures towards the full realization of the right to maternal health.
We must advocate for having the basic maternal health
commodities in the hospitals.
I strongly agree that the state must take its full responsibility. it must be accountable to the citizens in providing quality health care services including training of Traditional Birth Attendants is also critical,if not it will lead to more maternal mortality and morbidity in the country. Remember a biggest percentage of the village mothers/women don't give birth at health centers because of many reasons like lack of well equipped facilities,well trained midwives,low salaries,mama kits etc
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