Uganda, April 23 -- When Aromorach (not real names), went for her fourth antenatal check-up at Anaka General Hospital in Nwoya District, in mid-August 2025, she was emotional distressed, as if her unborn child was troubled and a premature delivery was coming. 

According to Aromorach, a resident of Onyomtil Village, Ywaya Parish in Anaka Sub-county, the results of subsequent examinations showed she had developed maternal anaemia, and an intra-uterine growth restriction scenario was developing.

While it was her third pregnancy since her 2017 diagnosis with HIV/Aids, it is the first where she was experiencing such a new condition. 

Whereas this was new to her, to health workers at the facility, such abnormalities are a common oc...