The Women of Uganda Deserve Research-Based Health Care, Not Political Games

We know that when we strengthen our families, protect those born and yet to be born, and expand health and opportunities for our people, we will prosper.

Activists carry placards outside the Constitutional court during a peaceful march in the capital Kampla on May 22, 2012 to protest the delay by a Ugandan court to deliver a ruling in a landmark lawsuit regarding the cases of two women who unattended bled to death while giving birth in Ugandan hospitals. Isaac Kasamami/AP Photo

Commentary

I have been privileged to have many prestigious titles during my life, but two of the most precious are that of mother and Ugandan.