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Africa has come a long way in addressing population and development issues
African ministers in charge of population issues have endorsed the continental report on the implementation of the Addis Ababa Declaration on... Read more
Young innovators foster Social Change
KAMPALA - The United Nations Population Fund in partnership with Reach A Hand Uganda, a youth-led organization, hosted the 2017/18 Young Achievers Award winners and nominees at its offices on... Read more
Working together for abandonment of harmful cultural practices
Every 1st of July, the Pokot Culture Day is commemorated with the goal of accelerating awareness for total abandonment of harmful cultural practices of Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in... Read more
Danish Parliamentarians visit to get more insight into the work of UNFPA in Uganda
Arua, Uganda – 13th September: Three Danish Members of Parliament visited Uganda from the 12th -15th September to get an insight into the integrated sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)... Read more
Mobile App improves access to quality health services for young pregnant women in Uganda
Following the successful pilot and launch in Kanungu District in November 2017, the GetIN mobile App has extended the use of its mobile application to the neighboring Bundibugyo District in South... Read more
Sweden through UNFPA boosts midwifery education
The United Nations Population Fund has donated midwifery skills lab equipment to Principal Tutors to twenty Midwifery Training Institutions in Uganda. With support from the Swedish government, the... Read more
Skilling health trainers of trainers to save lives in emergencies
HOIMA: As part of the interventions to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights in emergencies, the UN population Fund in partnership with the Ministry of Health has organized a two-week... Read more
World Population Day event highlights inequalities in sexual and reproductive health, leaders’ determination to end them
As the world commemorated World Population Day, UNFPA Uganda joined the National Population Council and other partners to commemorate the event in Omoro district, northern Uganda. Held under the... Read more
Ahead of World Population Day, leaders from northern region commit to address inequalities
Omoro, July 9 2018 At the close of a pre-World Population Day stakeholders meeting held in Omoro district, leaders from 16 districts in northern Uganda have signed on to a declaration committing... Read more
Empowering adolescent girls to live their dreams
Jhazirah, 20, lives in Kampala. She was abandoned by her mother at 14 years, when the family was hit by financial hardship. After her mother left, Jhazirah was forced to drop out of school, as she... Read more