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Africa has come a long way in addressing population and development issues

calendar_today 05 October 2018

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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 Population and Development (AADPD)…

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Young innovators foster Social Change

calendar_today 26 September 2018

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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…

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Working together for abandonment of harmful cultural practices

calendar_today 21 September 2018

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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…

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Danish Parliamentarians visit to get more insight into the work of UNFPA in Uganda

calendar_today 13 September 2018

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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…

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Mobile App improves access to quality health services for young pregnant women in Uganda

calendar_today 27 August 2018

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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…

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Sweden through UNFPA boosts midwifery education

calendar_today 15 August 2018

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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…

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Skilling health trainers of trainers to save lives in emergencies

calendar_today 23 July 2018

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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…

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 World Population Day event highlights inequalities in sexual and reproductive health, leaders’ determination to end them

calendar_today 12 July 2018

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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…

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Ahead of World Population Day, leaders from northern region commit to address inequalities

calendar_today 09 July 2018

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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…

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