Journalists looking to report on health and family planning in Uganda -- or other countries in Africa -- can use the following story ideas to get started. This list originally appeared as part of a larger article in the Uganda Health Reporter, a publication of the Uganda Health Communication Alliance. To view the original article, click here.
- Why abortion has persisted in Uganda
- Why women shun modern birth control method
- Causes of high maternal death rate in Uganda
- 6,000 women die of child birth every year in Uganda
- Uganda women do not use new family planning methods
- Increasing maternal mortality rate in Uganda
- Can abortion be legalized in Uganda?
- High death rates among teenagers resulting from unsafe abortion in northern Uganda
- Myths about modern family planning methods
- Maternal health on the rise due to few health workers in Uganda
- Why women do not go for family planning services
- How culture impacts on the use of modern family planning methods
- Are men to be blamed for the increased maternal mortality rate?
- Negative attitude by male partners towards some family planning methods
Additionally, when reporting on this topic, it’s useful to keep these issues/challenges in mind:
- Cultural beliefs
- Religious biasness towards some family planning methods
- Ignorance among some communities
- Negative attitudes by some communities towards some modern family planning methods
- High Illiteracy level
- Withholding of information by health practitioners
- Accessibility to the remote villages
- Hardship in interviewing minors and yet they are the most affected
- Editorial policies of different media houses on covering health issues
- Denial of accurate information by the victims
- Some information sources being harsh
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