Every day, as the sun rises over the dense forests that skirt Uganda’s borders with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of children stream out from the shacks dotted all over one of the world’s most densely populated rural landscapes and set out along the dirt roads on their arduous trek to school. …
Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office (PPD ARO) jointly with Women Deliver organised a High Level Panel on “Enhancing Women and Girls’ Health in the post-2015 Development Framework”. The High Level Panel was held on May 28, 2020 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia. This High Level Panel served as a platform …
Uganda will be the first African country to benefit from a new multi-million dollar global campaign to increase demand for family planning services and information. The new campaign dubbed, “It takes two” was announced on the first day of the 3rd Women Deliver Global conference on girls’ and women’s rights in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Over …
By Vicky Wandawa, 23 October 2020 The Population Secretariat (POPSEC) has started campaigning for maternal health as a human right. The project, launched on Thursday at Hotel Africana, Kampala, changes strategy from merely advocating for maternal health to creating massive awareness that it is a human right. Dr. Betty Kyadondo, the Head of Family Health …
By Vicky Wandawa, 23 October 2020 The Population Secretariat (POPSEC) has started campaigning for maternal health as a human right. The project, launched on Thursday at Hotel Africana, Kampala, changes strategy from merely advocating for maternal health to creating massive awareness that it is a human right. Dr. Betty Kyadondo, the Head of Family Health …
Written by Dr. Jotham Musinguzi , Regional Director, Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office On July 11, 2012, the UK government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with UNFPA and other partners hosted a groundbreaking Summit that mobilized global policy, financing, commodity, and service delivery commitments to support the rights of an …
Men’s involvement in family planning can improve gender equality and increase contraceptive uptake, but most family planning programmes target only women. FHI 360 through the PROGRESS project is supporting interventions that foster conversations about men and family planning, identify new approaches for engaging men in family planning, and promote acceptance and use of safe and …
Glorias Natukunda paced about the compound of Shuuku Health Centre IV in Sheema district trying to shush her one-year-old baby Asaf Kabagambe. It is hot; her son is agitated by the heat, Natukunda is angry. “What has happened to the hospital? I have been here since 11am and it is locked. Where are all the …
President Yoweri Museveni recently pledged at the London Summit on Family Planning that government would provide $5m towards family planning every year for the next five years. Health Minister Dr Christine Ondoa told Shifa Mwesigye how this commitment would be realized. Why was it necessary for the Uganda government to make these commitments on family …
Earlier this year, the United Nations Population Fund announced that Uganda’s maternal mortality rates had reduced from 435 deaths per 100,000 live births to 310 deaths per 100,000 live births. This showed that the country had made some progress in bringing down deaths women suffer when bearing a life. A cursory look at the figures …
Herman Lubwama stands in the corridors of Mulago Hospital’s Ward 5B, his gaze fixed at the door leading to the labour ward. He is eagerly waiting for a doctor to come out and announce the birth of his seventh child. Lubwama paces the corridors with thoughts going through his mind. He holds his head and …
After the promises, time for action on family planning On a sunny Tuesday morning, a group of civil society organisation activists and professionals from different population and health bodies sit at a breakfast meeting to draw a plan to ensure government follows up on its commitments at the London Summit on Family Planning. A month …
Wednesday, 02 May 2020 06:33 Diana Nambatya Nsubuga Partners in Population and Development, Africa Regional Office (PPDARO) ; Ministry of Health, Uganda and Women Deliver, organised an Africa Regional Consultation meeting on Achieving MDG 5: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned. This meeting took place on Tuesday, March 27th and Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 at Speke …
News Article: World parliaments prioritise action on maternal, child health April 10, 2020 By SOLA OGUNDIPE Vanguard (Nigeria) PRIORITISATION of action and resources for improving the health of women and children is now a major responsibility of every government all over the world as leaders of 119 national parliaments have resolved to prioritise action and …
News Article: Global MPs vow to prioritise maternal, child healthcare By Gashegu Muramira New Times (Rwanda) Delegates at the 126th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Kampala, Uganda have asked parliamentary institutions in the world to prioritise matters of maternal and child health. In the resolution passed, yesterday, parliamentarians were urged to ensure …
News Article: Africa: Are Maternal Deaths a ‘Right to Life’ Issue? By Tami Hultman 5 April 2020 All Africa Picture yourself in a room with 30 other women - knowing that one of you will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That’s not a concept for a macabre TV show - unless it’s reality TV. A …
Africa: IPU Assembly Adopts Resolution On ‘Access to Health As Basic Right’ By Gloria Iribagiza 5 April 2020 New Times (Rwanda) Nearly 650 Members of Parliament from over 120 countries are attending the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly that kicked off on March 31 and ends today, April 5, in Kampala, Uganda. Pregnant women …