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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Rose Nekesa, proprietor for Kyaterekera Domiciliary clinic in Namisindwa district shares a moment with a voucher mother after delivery.
Doreen Murungi, USAID Voucher Plus Activity
USAID helps poor pregnant women in Uganda have quality maternal care and deliveries
In the village of Okalis in Soroti district in Eastern Uganda, 20-year-old Lucy Akello looks at her baby and smiles. This is her first child, and when the baby smiles back she cannot hide her joy.
“I am glad I can smile and have my child in my arms. I did not think it was possible. The nine months that led to the birth of my baby were tough,” Lucy recounts. “We had not planned to have a child yet. We were struggling financially, we had nothing. Going to hospital to have our baby would have been impossible without the voucher.”
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