Is NRM losing the war on (corporate) infant mortality rates?- Prosper Ahabwe
Is NRM losing the war on (corporate) infant mortality rates? by PROSPER AHABWE JULIAN. Published in the Observer Newspaper on October 2, 2024. When the current regime came to power in 1986, one of the key challenges affecting the growth of Uganda was the high infant mortality rate. World Bank statistics estimate that the infant mortality rate at the time was at 115 per 1,000 births (11.5 per cent). At least the NRM government has presided over significant reductions in the infant mortality rates, thanks to the development partners and the ever-growing medical improvements that saw programs such as immunization. As of 2022, the infant mortality rate had dropped to 30 deaths per 1,000 births (three per cent). Interestingly, the Infant Mortality Syndrome does not monopolise its operations among human beings and animals; businesses and companies have not been spared either. A significant percentage of companies after registration do not live to see another day of operations. Some g