The Community Agenda

By Umar Weswala Danish Ambassador Signe (L) with UNFPA Country Representative Gift Malunga (R) The Danish government has launched a new program in Uganda targeting the adolescents and youth in refugee settlements and refugee host communities in Acholi and West Nile Sub Regions. The two Sub Regions are grappling with alarming Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) indicators, adversely impacting the education, health, and development prospects of young girls. The program dubbed Strengthening Adolescents and Youth (SAY) Empowerment and Rights was unveiled yesterday during an agreement signing ceremony between the Danish Government and UNFPA at the Royal Embassy of Denmark in Kampala. Ambassador Signe Winding Albjerg signed on behalf of the Danish government and Ms. Gift Malunga, the Country Representative signed on behalf of UNFPA. It is a four-year initiative set to run from January 2024 to December 2027 with a budget allocation of USD 14,500,000 (about UGX 55,000,000,000)...

Dr. Kakaire  The Executive Director of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Uganda (AOGU) as well as lecturer at Makerere University School of Medicine Dr. Othman Kakaire has urged health service providers in both public and private facilities to provide Post Abortion Care (PAC) without fear because it is fully provided for in the Ministry of Health standards and guidelines. Dr. Kakaire was speaking yesterday at a closeout meeting for the Advocacy for Prevention of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (APMM) project which has been running for the past five years with funding from the federation of International Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO). In an interview with our reporter, Dr. Kakaire stressed that PAC is a key component of health care in Uganda and in the course of the APMM project, AOGU trained medical personnel all over the country how to manage PAC cases. “We are a professional health association and therefore we articulate the ministry’s position...