Solar panels gave Ugandan clinics 11.5 more hours of care a day — births there more than doubled

Solar-electrified rural health clinics in Uganda now operate an average of 11.5 extra hours per day, attended births there rose 107.3%, and clinics recorded nearly 49 additional patients per week, according to a SAS Data for Good analysis with Let There Be Light International covering more than a decade of clinic data. Midwife Sylvia at a Safe Births + Healthy Homes clinic said reliable light more than doubled clinic births in less than a year, replacing kerosene lamps and disposable torches. A survey of 3,519 families found 88.1% said solar lighting improved health at home.