This year’s Inter-Generational Dialogue at Kampala Serena Hotel on 22 October has the theme “Teenage pregnancy and the costs of restricted SRHR information and services for young people.” It is expected to be the biggest ever. The sessions are as follows….
“When the doctor told me that we needed to discuss the results of my pregnancy test, I already knew I was pregnant; because I was just recovering from rape.” It was hard for her to accept the news, since she saw this as an end to her dream of becoming a teacher. I knew, without doubt, that I would be expelled from school and banished from home by my parents. I spent days in agony, … Continued
At a dialogue in March 2018 on the role of religion and culture in regulating sexual and reproductive health and rights, organised by CEHURD, Dr Charles Kiggundu reported that women over the age of 40 are increasingly accessing abortion services, as many as 4 in 10 women who go to Mulago Hospital in Kampala
As Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day of the Girl Child last week, the recent decision by the State Minister for Primary Healthcare, Ms Joyce Moriku, to halt the release of newly developed National Guidelines and Standards for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, was sharply criticised. On 28 September this year, perhaps not even knowing it was International Safe Abortion Day, she reportedly said that the Health … Continued
For the last two months, Reach a Hand and Trac FM have been engaged in a multi-sectoral media campaign calling on policy makers to commit to increasing the number of youth-friendly health facilities and to include monitoring of youth-friendly health services in the national Adolescent Health Policy. They also conducted three polls that had 9,506 responses in total, complimented by an online expert discussion on Telegram to discuss issues affecting young people. Here is … Continued
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