Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (i) contraceptive preference rate has increased from 46 per cent in 2008 owing to improvement in accessibility to contraceptives of choice to all child-bearing women; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) skilled birth attendance has increased to 44 per cent during pregnancy, child birth and post-natal period. This has been shown to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (iii) the Government has increased the number of health workers being trained through pre-service and in-service, for example life saving skills in obstetric care has been done for some provinces and more training has been planned for; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (iv) twenty nurses per constituency have been employed and posted through the Economic Stimulus Programme; this is a step in the right direction; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (v) model health centres in 200 constituencies are being built through the ESP; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (vi) funds have also been provided to get 300 ambulances for distribution to all health centres in the country; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (vii) policy documents such as the reproductive health strategy have been developed, and are being operationalised; guidelines on management of obstetric conditions have been developed as well; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (viii) youth friendly centres targeting adolescents to avoid teenage pregnancies have been operationalised; view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (ix) intermittent presumptative treatment for malaria management during pregnancy is provided. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want the House to note that malaria during pregnancy is one of the biggest killers of pregnant women in this country. Finally, introduction and launch of guidelines for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV has been put in place. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me inform the hon. Member that, in fact, in this part of the world, that is Sub-Saharan Africa, the maternal mortality rate in Tanzania is 1,500 per 100,000 live births. In Uganda it is 880 per 1,000 live births. In Germany it is 20--- view