OUR IMPACT IN NUMBERS
Working to provide young people (10-30) years in Uganda with high quality, high impact and gender sensitive sexual reproductive health information.
UGANDA YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS HEALTH FORUM
We are a youth led and youth led and youth serving, health and human rights organization that seeks to advance and promote quality and improved health and well-being of young people.
Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF) is a youth lead and youth serving organization that seeks to advance the health, rights and well-being of adolescent girls, young women and young people at community and national levels.
UYAHF seeks to promote and improve the health and well-being of adolescents and young people, with a specific emphasis on promotion of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, enhancement of Gender Equality, Empowerment of women and girls and promotion of Youth Livelihoods, Entrepreneurship and Skills Development.
Our works seeks to provide skills and support as well as inspire young people (10-30) in Uganda with high quality, high impact and gender sensitive, sexual reproductive health information through a combination of advocacy, accountability, capacity building and empowerment.
Our program interventions also emphasis inclusiveness, non discrimination and ending stigmatisation, aiming to raise the voices and needs of young key population groups and change some voices into champions for change. These factors are consistently integrated in programs and decision making.
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[caption id="attachment_3714" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Honorable Wanyoto Lydia giving her remarks[/caption] Mbale district organized…
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BooksB4Babies podcasts
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3rd Webinar: “Harnessing the Power of Local Movements in Advancing Gender Equality and SRH Rights amidst COVID-19”
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VIRTUAL FAMILY PLANNING DANCE PARTY
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Second Webinar on “Making a Case for SRHR come to Life, amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic”
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CHANGE CHAMPION RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN KYAKA II REFUGE SETTLEMENT
[caption id="attachment_3669" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Change champions cleaning the jerrycans that they collected from the…
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BooksB4Babies Podcasts
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Health societies for healthy populations.
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UYAHF joins the Office of the Prime Minister and partners to advocate for equality during the women’s day celebrations in Kyaka II refugee settlement.
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Importance of gender equality
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Assessment of quality of youth friendly services to fit the Universal Health Coverage
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Involve boys in the fight against menstruation stigma
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Young people add their voices to change impacting GFF and RMNCAH processes in Uganda.
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Express love to your partner by wrapping it up
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Change Champions in Kyegegwa use their stories of change to advocate for the reduction of teenage pregnancy and child marriage in Kyegegwa
[caption id="attachment_3591" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Youth change champions engaged in story development at the workshop[/caption] Over…
Ending Rape Culture In Our Universities
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2020 STARTS WITH A RENEWED ENERGY TO END RAPE CULTURE
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UHC is achievable with input from young people.
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Adolescents and young people’s health being prioritized
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She Decides Uganda reinforces commitments with an open house event
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Gathering more evidence to support advocacy to end teenage pregnancy and child marriage in Kyegegwa district.
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Youth research is key to their involvement in project implementation
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Young people adding their voices to the fight against child marriage
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Clear path forward to make the world more inclusive for women and girls
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Physical fitness for overall health
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Ending period stigma by engaging boys and men
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Child marriages, the road to poverty and violence
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Girls equipped on complications in pregnancy and childbirth
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Annie’s story Part 1 and Part 2
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Repressive laws, an impendent to the sexual health and reproductive rights of women and girls – SheDecides Activists.
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UYAHF change champions breaking stigma and myths around SRH at annual youth skills expo
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African parliamentarians and CSOs commit to accelerating the ICPD promise
The annual Network of African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH) under the theme “Building the…
UYAHF participates in the core group conference on UHC in Nairobi
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Girls Not Brides coalition stakeholders meet for five year accelerator meeting.
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Unlocking young people’s potential
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Our team leader scoops a global awarded for promoting universal health coverage
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UYAHF takes part in the World Economic Forum on Africa.
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We want safe abortion – Young people!
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Recognize the voice of the youth in the ICPD conference in Nairobi
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Train health-care providers on sign language to address the Needs of Adolescent Deaf Girls
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UYAHF and civil society organizations trained on advanced family planning smart advocacy strategies
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Empower health-care providers on sign language to address the Needs of Adolescent Deaf Girls
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Lots of learning about family planning at the UYAHF youth hub
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MP’s commit to fast-track the approval of adolescents health policy.
Member of Parliament has committed to fast-track the approval process of the Adolescents Health Policy…
Safe sex: not only about contraceptive methods but respect for our choices
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Reach a Hand Uganda and UYAHF hold a strategic Bench marking meeting
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Using music, dance and drama to end sexual gender-based violence in schools
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Young men on the front-line for SRHR advocacy
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‘We are young, empowered and ready to impart change!’
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Amplifying voices for young people through online
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WORLD REFUGEE DAY TODAY
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Girls Are Not Brides, its Important To Note!
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Youth-Friendly Health Services for Better Health Outcomes
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UNLEASHING POTENTIALS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN RURAL UGANDA WITH GIRL TALK LEADERSHIP CAMP
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It was pomp and color at St Thomas vocational Secondary School in Rubirirzi district, as…
Creating a friendly environment for girls to menstruate with dignity.
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DISPATCH FROM THE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP
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Advancing multi-sectoral programming for adolescent health and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa
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RHRN MEMBER ORGANISATIONS TIPPED ON EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND DOCUMENTATION.
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Fundi Bots and Engaging more girls in science and technology
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Adolescents’ Health is our focus-Ministry of Health.
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BOOKS BEFORE BABIES CAMPAIGN EXCITES STUDENTS TO OPEN UP ON SEXUALITY ISSUES.
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JOURNALISTS TIPPED ON ETHICS, USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED DATA WHILE REPORTING ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH
“While reporting on adolescent health, stories should meet the basic ethics and human rights values.…
KYEGEGWA EAGERLY WAITS FOR THE DISTRICT ACTION PLAN TO END TEENAGE PREGNANCIES AND EARLY MARRIAGES.
Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum -UYAHF, with funding from Universitair Centrum Voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking -UCOS,…
SHE DECIDES GENDER EQUALITY AWARDS UGANDA: RECOGNIZING THE GENDER EQUALITY STARS
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KYEGEGWA EAGERLY WAITS FOR THE DISTRICT ACTION PLAN TO END TEENAGE PREGNANCIES AND EARLY MARRIAGES.
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Youth-led organisations orientated on Global Financing Facilities – (GFF)
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The Stakeholders’ dialogue on family planning and adolescent friendly health services-Kyegegwa District
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Message from the board chair: “The ‘UYAHFISM’ spirit!”
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The Sensational Team Building
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The 2019 UYAHF retreat : what an event this was!
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