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Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19
Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General stated in his call for a global ‘ceasefire’ on gender-based violence – a pandemic within the COVID pandemic.... Read more
Saving mothers and babies in Yumbe through ambulance services
YUMBE: Twenty - year- old Siasa Hasfa was heavily pregnant and tried to deliver at home. A South Sudanese refugee living in Juba village, Limidia Parish, Kochi sub-county of Yumbe district, Hasfa... Read more
Costs should never be a barrier for women to access maternal health care: UNFPA Uganda innovates to end preventable maternal deaths
Every day in Uganda about 12 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, according to an analysis of data from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey by the Uganda Bureau... Read more
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other practices that harm women and girls, according to new UNFPA report 30 June 2020, NEW YORK—Every year,... Read more
Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and... Read more
Young people need more health services and information during the COVID-19 lockdown period
ADJUMANI DISTRICT: Nineteen year-old Martin Kidaga is a senior three student, currently at home following closure of schools in March on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. Martin lives... Read more
A Blight on Humanity’s Conscience
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective... Read more
Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the Fight Against Systemic Racism and Discrimination We are living through turbulent, trying times. This is a moment of suffering for many... Read more
UNFPA and SafeBoda launch e-shop for door-to-door delivery of reproductive health commodities during COVID-19 pandemic
June 12 2020, Kampala, Uganda - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency and ride-hailing company SafeBoda have today launched an e-Shop that will enable users in Kampala and... Read more
COVID-19: UNFPA Supplies Personal Protective Equipment to 3,000 Frontline Health Workers in Northern and West Nile Regions of Uganda
Amidst rising cases of COVID-19 with infections spreading among health workers, Uganda is grappling with shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals and health facilities. UNFPA is... Read more