UYAHF BLOG

On 5th August 2021, UYAHF in partnership with the Moroto District health office organized a one-day coordination meeting and smart advocacy capacity building training for mapped youth-led and youth-serving organizations in Moroto district. The training among others, aimed at building capacities of the youth leaders in SMART advocacy and accountability, research and evidence generation, communication,…

The Tororo district woman Member of Parliament Hon. Sarah Acheng Opendi has commended the Uganda Youth and Adolescents’ Health Forum (UYAHF) for equipping the Tororo district government health workers with skills in counseling and communication. This was during her speech at the capacity building training for health workers on communication skills and provision of quality…

Child marriages in Kyegegwa district hit a record high of 51.4% for girls aged 13-18 years, according to the district data obtained from the district’s bio-statistician and data from the gender department for the period of 2020 till date. Teenage pregnancies have also shot high with 23 girls of ages 10-14, 4248 girls of age…

District and religious leaders in Isingiro district have the Power to Youth implementing partners to fully engage parents in the implementation of the program if the pressing challenges like child marriages and teenage pregnancies among others are to be alleviated. They made the call recently during the Power to Youth district entry meeting in Isingiro…

The young people and district officials in the Kalangala district have expressed excitement over the power to youth (PTY) program noting that it has given them optimism for a better community through the youth empowerment approach that the project tends to undertake. This was during the three days PTY district entry meeting with various stakeholders…

District and cultural leaders in Bukwo district have said they are willing to fully engage and support any efforts to fight and address the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy, sexual gender-based violence (SGBV), and child marriages in their district. They made the vow recently during the POWER TO YOU(TH) district entry meeting with District leaders,…

Young people at the Uganda youth and adolescent health clinic (ADHC)-Mbale have formed a social group called “Thank God it is Friday” (TGF), a fellowship that brings them together every Friday to share their experiences, learn from one another and carry out sports activities. The group comprises of adolescent girls and boys from around Namatala…

On 24th July 2021, a health team from Uganda Youth and Adolescent health forum held a live radio talk to enlighten the community in Bugisu sub region about the ways to reduce the high rate of  teenage pregnancy prevalence in the area. The one-hour radio show aired live on 95.0-time Fm Mbale from 9:00 to…

  In commemoration of the Day of the African Child Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum, MenEngage Uganda and EASSI  organised a tweet chat on 16th June 2021. The tweet chat was hosted on the UYHAF  tweeter page where we had over 93 posts, 25 original contributors, 354,2666 potential impacts, 90,656 potential reach, 72 original…

On 21st May 2021 the power to you(th) Uganda program was launched at the Hilton Garden hotel. The launch was attended by different partner organizations, media, young people, policymakers among others. Opening remarks from the Country Management Team (CMT) were given by the EASSI ED Hon. Sheila Kawamara, who emphasized their commitment to ensure that…