Uganda: Government may post doctors up-country

Government is considering posting medical doctors at sub-county level in a wider strategy aimed at delivering effective health services in villages. The state minister for primary health care, Dr. Alex Kamugisha, said this at a health workshop at Kolping House in Masindi town recently. "The rate at which mothers and children are dying is unacceptable and that is why the Government is working hard to reduce the distance to health facilities," he said.