{
  "id": 1690076,
  "title": "Uganda: MTN Expands Maternal, Newborn Health Support in Luuka",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/uganda-mtn-expands-maternal-newborn-health-support-in-luuka",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:26:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608180335.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kiyunga Health Centre IV in Luuka District, Uganda, is receiving significant infrastructure, digital, and community health support from MTN Uganda as part of its annual 21 Days of Y ello Care campaign. The initiative, themed \"Expand Equitable Health for Every Community,\" aims to strengthen maternal and newborn healthcare in the region, which faces challenges in meeting global health targets. MTN Uganda, along with its partners, has provided the facility with medical equipment, beds, smartphones, bicycles, ICT equipment, improved solar power and water infrastructure, and training for medical records officers, Village Health Teams, and Community Health Workers on electronic medical records systems and digital literacy. The health centre serves over 42,000 people from Luuka and neighboring districts, making it a crucial referral point. MTN Uganda's CEO Sylvia Mulinge emphasized the company's commitment to using technology and connectivity to improve healthcare. The intervention also includes tree planting, linking the health campaign to environmental sustainability. Luuka District Health Officer R. Christopher Wandira expressed gratitude for the support, which will enhance the facility's capacity to serve mothers and newborns. The 21 Days of Y ello Care programme, now in its 19th year, targets over a decade of MTN Uganda's involvement in maternal and newborn health programmes, with a combined infrastructure and support value of about Shs600 million. Despite Uganda's maternal mortality ratio declining to 189 deaths per 100,000 live births, it remains significantly higher than the Sustainable Development Goal target of fewer than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births.",
  "summary": "[Independent (Kampala)] Luuka -- Kiyunga Health Centre IV in Luuka District is receiving infrastructure, digital and community health support as",
  "key_points": [
    "MTN Uganda expands maternal and newborn health support in Luuka, Uganda",
    "Kiyunga Health Centre IV receives medical equipment, infrastructure, and training",
    "Initiative aims to improve healthcare and environmental sustainability"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}