Uganda Youth and adolescent health forum traveled to these districts from 23rd to 25th of July to introduce the project to the young people, understanding their unique youth challenges, opportunities, and experiences faced in line with Family Planning as well as Gather recommendations on the project implementation and innovative youth solutions. The…
The 5th webinar series was organized by Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum in partnership with She Decides Uganda movement and Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) took place on 18th June 2020 from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. The webinar featured five amazing panelists; Maritza, Content developer, Raymond Mujuni, Investigative Journalist, and show host at…
Uganda has a long-standing history of hosting refugees with more than 1.1 million refugees and asylum seekers as of October 2018. Uganda has received more than 1 million refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan since July 2016. Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum, operating in Kyakka II refugee settlement and Kyegegwa…
Joyce being the moderator of the day introduced the topic for discussion which was menstruation as well as giving its details where she commended CSO organizations and line ministries for their efforts. The respondents for the day where was Norah and Hanne who shared their views about the various menstrual materials challenges around menstruation,…
The two inception meetings took place on the 16th and 17th of June respectively with Sheila from Pathfinder as the lead informs of mobilization for the district team. The inception meeting team from USAID had members from all partner organizations, UYAHF inclusive who gave highlights about their respective roles. We had Eric from samasha, Irene,…
On 24th June 2020 Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum in partnership with the Ministry of Health held a successful young mothers forum in Butalejja district at the health center III on ending teenage pregnancy and child marriages with adolescent girls and young women. Butaleja district located in Eastern Uganda is known by many…
On 7th June 2020, NBS television ran a story about the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the Busoga region, particularly in Luuka and Kalilo districts. The story indicated that over 60 teenagers between the ages of 14-15 years in Luuka and Kalilo districts were pregnant and likely to miss school when 2nd term…
On 10th June 2020, Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum held a one-day capacity building training meeting for the mapped youth-led organizations at the Mbale DHO office on SMART advocacy and effective coordination. The members of the network were mapped in early 2020 and membership of the network comprises major youth-led organizations from across…
Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum, Pathfinder international Uganda, Uganda protestant Medical Bureau, and Samasha Smf met with the leadership of Kyenjonjo, Kyakwazi and Kyegegwa districts local government and held very successful and informative introductory meetings for the USAID Family Planning Activity Project. These districts are among the 11 districts targeted for this 5-year…
Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum developed strategies to continue delivering information to young people during the total lock down. Some of the strategies include having movie nights conducted by our change champions in settlement camps and adolescent quarantine centres, virtual dance parties geared to deliver correct SRHR information to adolescent who are confined in…
