She decides the Uganda movement organized two days meeting with friends and champions to evaluate, assess and reflect on the local movement in the context of the journey moved so far, opportunities, challenges, achievement, and strategic steps moving forward. The overall goal of the two days meeting was to develop and agree on a joint…
Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum, also known as UYAHF is a youth-led and youth-serving grass-root organization implementing an advocacy project under a platform known as the Right here Right Now platform (RHRN). The project/platform among others prioritizes the National Adolescent Health Policy (ADH) as one of the policies to be reviewed and implemented by…
Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum organized three days of training from 27th to 29th August 2020 training at Sweswe youth center in Kyakka II, Kyegegwa district. The objectives of the training were; to provide a platform for the refugee youths to identify, discuss and share common SRHR and SGBV related challenges, their impacts…
On 11th and 12th, August Naguru Youth Health Network in partnership with Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum organized two days meeting to validate the rapid assessment report and develop a youth advocacy plan. The two days meeting was held at the Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum offices and was attended by 29 participants…
Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum carried out three capacity-building pieces of training that were attended by participants from youth-led, youth-serving organizations to enable them to integrate post-rape care messages into their already existing sexual and reproductive health education and advocacy efforts. Every Hour Matters youth champions were tasked to should educate peers who seek…
The Ministry of Health, along with partners, carried out a Regulatory Impact Assessment on Adolescent Health in 2019. The report was finalized in November 2019 and there was a need to disseminate it to the public. It’s for this reason that the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health…
Advocacy change champions sharing ideas of how they want the safe space to look like. UYAHF has engaged in different activities in Kyakka II such as carrying out a rapid assessment on rates of teenage pregnancy and child marriage, recruitment of 20 young people (15-24 years) from sub-counties; Apuyo, Ruyonza, Rentuha, Kyegegwa, Mpara in Kyegegwa…
Millions of people in Uganda, including many adolescents, youths, and children, are subjected to sexual violence. Yet, very few survivors ever tell anyone about the experience or access health services or mental health support to help them heal. Many do not understand the importance of these services or the fact that, after a rape, every…
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate World Population Day on July 11th, 2020! Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF) under the Youth Engage and Take Action for SRHR project and in partnership with Right Here Right Now Platform and the National Population Council, organized a Pre-World Population Day Inter-Generational…
On 2nd July 2020, a group of young leaders from the adolescent contraception and sexual reproductive health youth network from Mbale, Butalejja, and Tororo districts were part of a radio talk show on Ebenezer FM in Mbale district. This radio talk show as a result of the action points from the coordination meeting in Mbale…
