On June 22, 2022, the Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum (UYAHF) conducted a health worker’s capacity-building training for Butaleja on comprehensive integrated adolescent-friendly sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) and services to young people using the harm reduction approach. The training, held at city resort hotel in Butaleja, brought together 12 health workers representing 12…
Youth champions in the West Nile district of Nebbi have committed to spearheading the implementation of the Every Hour Matters (EHM) campaign by using the youth engagement toolkit that they have been trained on to provide post-rape care services, support to rape survivors, and follow-up with perpetrators They made the commitment recently during the training…
Youth Leaders in Arua have been challenged to use the Every Hour Matter (EHM) campaign Youth Engagement Toolkit to lead the fight against sexual and gender-based violence and improve access to post-rape care services for survivors. The call was made by the Arua city deputy mayor, Ms. Inzukuru Millicent, while officially closing the one-day EHM…
Adolescent girls and boys in Tororo district have called upon stakeholders, duty bearers, and reproductive health service providers to prioritize and respect their rights, choice, and decisions while they seek Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services and information at different levels. This call was made during a Youth Parliament (YP) organized by Uganda Youth and Adolescent…
From 9th – 13th May 2022, Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum (UYAHF) joined other “SheSOAR” project partners including Restless Development, Naguru Teenage Centre, and Reach out Mbuya for a one-week orientation workshop for them to fully get acquainted and familiarize themselves with the project to inform its implementation. The one-week workshop held at Bugolobi…
In commemoration of the world menstrual hygiene day, the Uganda youth and adolescents’ health forum (UYAHF) held a radio talk show on 95-time FM Mbale under the topic “Ensuring access to safe menstrual hygiene to every girl” on Saturday, 21st May 2022 from 9:00 to 10:00 am. Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day) is commemorated annually…
In commemoration of the world menstrual hygiene day, Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum (UYAHF) on 28th May 2022 held a school outreach at Demiro primary school in Mbale to create awareness on Menstrual hygiene management among the pupils. Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day) is commemorated annually on the 28th of May and is a…
On the 11th of May, 2022, the Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum together with the other PTY consortium partners hosted Ms. Annyka Lysen, the program manager at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), to share a number of issues about the PTY program implementation and its progress thus far, among others. The meeting,…
In preparation to kickstart the Local Service Delivery For HIV/AIDS Activity (LSDA) in Mbale city and Budaka district, the Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum (UYAHF) conducted two-day district orientation meetings for the two districts to share the activity’s objectives and how they interact with the local community. The Local Service Delivery for HIV/AIDS Activity…
On May 4th and 5th, 2022, the Uganda Youth and Adolescents’ Health Forum (UYHAF) held an orientation workshop for the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and PEPFAR partners to introduce to them the Every Hour Matters (EHM) campaign and train them on the project’s youth engagement tool kit. The EHM project is a…
