An unexpected delivery; Supporting a home-birth during the lock-down
Given that we are all on lock-down, my daily routine lately is basically staying at home, reading, eating, walking around, watching TV...
Given that we are all on lock-down, my daily routine lately is basically staying at home, reading, eating, walking around, watching TV...
The "Dance mama, dance" project is a 3-months project that is using dance to facilitate conversations and actions around the mental...
She ran into the hospital’s accident and emergency section all alone in the early hours of the morning crying and screaming. She had...
“Postpartum depression,” “baby blues,” “the weepies.” I had heard of this phenomenon before; how new mothers often struggled to regain...
Malketha Maternal services is delighted to invite individuals from Kampala and surrounding areas to volunteer with us in 2020. Every...
When I raised my three children, I did most of it on my own. I had no parents or sisters, and I didn’t even speak the language when I...
After marriage, everyone longs to hear one this exciting news, “you’re pregnant”. It was the case for me on the 17th of June 2017 shortly...
Malketha Maternal Services ran the "Love-notes" Refugee-Mothers Mental Health Campaign, targeting mothers in refugee settlements in...
Uganda has become home for more than 1.3 million refugees, 82 percent of whom are women and children—in the wake of the ongoing conflict...
Mark Arnold Senabulya strives to leave the places he goes better than he found them. As a new father, he shares what this means in light...
When Kullein asked me to write a piece about a nurse’s perspective on maternal mental health, I was of course flattered by the request...
We are more than pleased to announce this particular addition to the Malketha team! Below is a brief about Hamida Massaquoi, a Public...
I recently had the privilege of interviewing an inspirational mother of seven, Desire Barugahare. After a good number of re-schedules, I...
One of the objectives of Malketha Maternal services is to demystify the role of mental health in Maternal Health and Early Childhood...
“To have and to hold, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part…” these words put a smile on my face...
Recently I was invited as a guest speaker at one of the Rotaract clubs of Rotary District 9211. The topic for that month in the district...
Witchcraft, bad luck, family curse, crazy fool…. and many more are the titles given to someone suffering from mental illness where I come...
On 29 August 1991, a then 26 year old Santa Abiria Tuape got into labour. Her second child was ready to get out of the comfort of her...
I recall when I had my second child, while my first was only 2 years old. Potty training for this toddler at home was on track until the...
Eternally etched in my memory, I remember the day like it was yesterday. Friday, 17th January 2014. It was a semi-humid day, the January...