calendar_today 05 February 2014

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A high profile campaign to increase condom use

Since December 2012, UNFPA has been supporting a national multimedia campaign dubbed ‘If it is not on, it is not safe' aiming to get more Ugandans to use condoms. A special focus…

calendar_today 17 January 2014

Elders put foot down on FGM/C abandonment

BUKWO: It all started in 1988, when the chairman of the district council in Kapchorwa, Mzee Peter Kameron, used his position to pass a resolution making Female Genital…

calendar_today 24 December 2013

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Reflecting on the past year and looking forward to 2014

2013 marked many milestones for UNFPA: The arrival of our new Country Representative Ms. Esperance Fundira, the official launch of two Gender Based Violence Shelters, the first…

calendar_today 11 December 2013

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Advocates meet to discuss family planning

From December 11 to 13, 2013, more than 300 participants including doctors, members of parliament, ministers, midwives, civil society activists, young people, academicians, local…

calendar_today 20 September 2013

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UNFPA Executive Director Urges President Museveni to Invest in Young People, the need to invest in the current demographic bonus represented in the bulging population of young people

For many stakeholders, the March –April 2012 Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Kampala, Uganda was a point of reflection regarding previously made commitments. Behind…

calendar_today 11 July 2013

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Adolescent mothers returning to school, thanks to UNFPA

Phoebe, a former student at the Kasambya Parents School in Mubende District, got pregnant and was forced to drop out of school after her girlfriends misinformed her about sex. "I…

calendar_today 08 July 2013

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Hope after fistula: “Now, I can smile again." Celebrating the first International Day to End Fistula

Winnie Akiteng just had a successful fistula 'repair' operation. Obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal caused by prolonged /obstructed labour due to lack of timely and…

calendar_today 02 July 2013

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Nnabagereka champions campaign on safe motherhood

One of UNFPA's community based-strategies is mobilising champions who sensitize and inform the population. One well-known champion is the queen of the Buganda Kingdom, Nnabagereka…

calendar_today 19 June 2013

UNFPA-Supplied Condoms Pass Rigorous Tests and Meet Standards

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, was recently mentioned in some Ugandan media in relation to male latex condoms procured and supplied to the Government. We would…