By Patricia Osman
Pregnant mothers have been given free antenatal care, a number of children have been immunized, and adults benefited from free HIV/AIDS testing and counseling in the eastern district of Kamuli.
Expectant women have also received folic acid tablets and children given de-worming tablets as part of UNICEF activities as it launches the Early Childhood program in the district.
Thomas Badaza the focal person of ECD in Kamuli says the program will go a long way in reducing the number of cases early marriages, child neglect by men, defilement and incest in the Busoga region. The campaign is running under the theme “ nurturing and caring for children”.