KAMPALA, 13 December 2019: The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have today signed a partnership agreement for a two-year (December 2019 – November 2021) programme to empower rights holders to advance an integrated package of rights through the transformation of social norms to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices that hinder access to sexual reprod...

“Ever on duty in uniform, offers the best patients care, and has a good attitude towards work.” Those were the good words said about Ajok Sophie Becky at the Midwifery Award ceremony that took place on Thursday 28 November at the Residence of the Ambassador of Sweden to Uganda, H.E. Per Lindgärde. For the fifth year in a row, since 2015, the Embassy of Sweden in Uganda, with partners including Ministry of Health, T...

Entebbe, Uganda, 18 November 2019: The 8th African Population Conference under the theme: “Harnessing Africa’s Population Dynamics for Sustainable Development – 25 years after Cairo and beyond” opened in Entebbe, November 18.  Organized by the Union of African Population Scientists with support from UNFPA and other partners, the conference runs through the week of 18 to 22 November, 2019. In the context of the Susta...