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‘I was forced to get married to a 40-year-old man at 17’ – a survivor of child marriage and gender-based violence narrates
KYEGEGWA, Uganda – In 2018, Anna Kyosimire aged 17, was forced to get married to a 40-year-old man, more than twice her age. “I was forced into marriage to escape violence that we were experiencing... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
When people have the power to make informed choices about whether and when to have children, when they can exercise their rights and responsibilities... Read more
Obstetric Fistula surgeons in Uganda, the unsung heroes
Zombo district, West Nile, Uganda – Dr. Emintone Ayella Odong, Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital in Northern Uganda, Dr. Emanuel Odar, Consultant... Read more
Adjumani District Applauds Support of Denmark Towards Refugee Response Interventions
Adjumani District, West Nile, Uganda: Local leaders in Adjumani district have applauded development partners and non-governmental organisations operating in the region for the support towards... Read more
UNFPA hands over ambulances and equipment to Ministry of Health to advance access to sexual and reproductive health services
Kampala, 16 June 2022 –The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with funding from the Embassy of Japan in Uganda and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda has handed over two ambulances and an... Read more
Celebrating 100 years of progress: Midwives are central figures in the global effort to upholding rights and choices, promoting health and protecting Life
Kabale district, Western Uganda – At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, Midwife Anne Tushemereirwe of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital did everything possible to save a mother and her... Read more
Embassy of Sweden in Uganda recognizes outstanding midwives
Kampala, Uganda - At a momentous event hosted by Her Excellency Maria Hankansson, the Ambassador of Sweden to Uganda, fifteen midwives from various regions of Uganda were recognized and awarded for... Read more
Global health systems must invest in midwives
When heavy monsoon rains flooded refugee camps in Bangladesh, it was midwife Shakila Parvin who, in knee-high water, delivered twins to a hypertensive mother and stabilized her before she was rushed... Read more
Act collectively to end the crisis of teenage pregnancy in Uganda
Uganda’s “serious problem” of teenage pregnancy requires collective action to prevent and respond to the crisis – and two new reports by UNFPA, the... Read more
Creating a healthy, productive nation for Uganda’s economic development
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni called for greater focus on wealth creation as the ‘bone marrow of prosperity’, by practising commercial... Read more