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25 September 2020
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Cultural leaders resolve to champion family planning, end teenage pregnancies

Lira, Uganda: Cultural leaders in the Lango sub region have made a resolve to champion family planning as way of improving the quality of life of the communities. Graced by the Paramount Chief of... Read more

11 September 2020
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Special court sessions to increase access to survivors of gender-based violence commence

The Judiciary in conjunction with the Justice Law and Order Sector with the support from United Nations Population Fund has commenced the third special gender-based violence (GBV) court sessions to ... Read more

10 September 2020
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UNFPA trains Uganda Police on gender-based violence prevention and response

Kampala, Uganda - The training of the Uganda Police Force and their families on gender-based violence and sexual reproductive health and rights opened on Tuesday at the Crime Investigation Department... Read more

9 September 2020
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Uganda's male action mentors are addressing violence, one community at a time

BYISINGOMA, Uganda - “I used to see my wife as someone with a ‘big head’, so we would always fight over small issues and we never had peace at home,” says Julius Tumwesigye, a farmer and father of... Read more

4 September 2020
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UNFPA Ambulance support – saving expectant mothers' lives

It was May 30, 2020 at around 11.00 am when 19-year-old Gloria Atyero developed lower abdominal pain. She suspected the pain could be related to her pregnancy and knew it was time to travel to the... Read more

2 September 2020
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Prime Minister signs Joint Statement of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2021-2025

Kampala, September 2, 2020 - The Prime Minister of Uganda, The Right. Honourable, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, signed the Joint Statement of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF)... Read more

1 September 2020
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Ensuring safe births in Karamoja amid COVID-19, thanks to UNFPA ambulance service

Twenty-five year-old Evelyne Awor was expecting her fourth child when the first COVID-19 pandemic case was reported in Uganda on 21st March 2020. Living in Alir Village, Adeya Parish, Morulem Sub-... Read more

25 August 2020
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UNFPA and partners support the refurbishment of the Kawempe Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Kampala, Uganda, 19 August 2020 - The Ministry of Health has officially opened the newly refurbished and equipped Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Kawempe National Referral Hospital in... Read more

18 August 2020
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Archbishop Samuel Stephen Kaziimba pays courtesy visit to UNFPA

Kampala, Uganda - As a Champion for sexual and reproductive health, I believe that we should have life in its abundancy, spiritually and in terms of health,” said His Grace the Archbishop of the... Read more

10 August 2020
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UNFPA receives emergency fund grant to support women and girls affected by climatic disasters

UNFPA Uganda has received a USD 228,865 grant towards provision of Life-saving sexual and reproductive health and rights services to women and girls most affected by flooding and landslides in... Read more

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