Emergency Birth Preparedness
Most women in refugee camps in Uganda give birth at home, on the floor mud huts called “tukuls”.
Birth assistants trained by the SSLCD team help prepare women to give birth outside of health centers. Birth assistants follow women through their pregnancy and provide emotional support throughout. When the time is near, SSLCD staff supply a birth kit to to the woman.
Birth kits include:
Plastic tarp to lay on the ground
Gloves for birth assistants
Razor blade and string to cut the cord
Towel to clean the baby
Baby blanket for swaddling
SSLCD team members distributing birth kits to pregnant women.