Uganda Family Planning Consortium

Happy World Health Day!

Today, Uganda Family Planning Consortium joins the rest of the world to educate people, spread awareness about health issues, new medicines, research and ensure healthcare facilities are accessible to everyone, everywhere.

''Myths and misconceptions about modern FP methods is still a very big problem in West Nile. Many women and young girls in Zombo district incorrectly perceive use of modern contraceptives to be more dangerous than early pregnancy.

Understanding how belief of myths and misconceptions about family planning in a community is associated with contraceptive behaviors is very important for the development of programs and policies that aim to increase contraceptive prevalence."-Christine Acirocan, ADHO Zombo DLG

Digging deeper on who has the power to ensure that an advocacy issue/concern is addressed.


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Embassy Uganda

Ongoing: A 2 days joint follow up meeting on AFP SMART advocacy with the 2nd cohort of the trained SRHR/FP implementing CSOs from Yumbe, Moyo, Pakwach, Zombo and Adjumani in West Nile Sub_region.

The meeting is set to review implementation progress of the developed SMART advocacy strategies for individual partners and highlight any key learnings on the so far implementations done.

UNFPA Uganda
Marie Stopes UG
Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda

We are here to remind all women that regardless of your socioeconomic status, you have a right to access affordable and comprehensive reproductive health care including a full range of contraception methods.

"After participating in the AFP SMART advocacy training by Uganda Family Planning Consortium , Amani Initiative organised a district stakeholder engagement meeting in Maracha district to fully understand the uptake of family planning services.

In partnership with health experts from various health facilities, the Amani initiative has been able to provide FP information and services to over 160 young mothers. We adopted FP advocacy as one of our focus areas." - Everline Inzikuru

UFPC with support from UNFPA Uganda and Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda has kicked off a 2-days joint follow up meeting on AFP SMART advocacy with the trained SRHR/FP implementing CSOs in West Nile sub region.

The 2-days meeting is aimed at reviewing the implementation progress of the developed SMART advocacy strategies for individual partners and highlighting any key learnings on the so far implementations done.

Marie Stopes UG

Day 2 of the joint follow up meeting on AFP SMART advocacy with implementing partners from Acholi sub regions. This is geared towards improving coordination and scaling up advocacy for accountability for the national family planning programme.
UNFPA Uganda
Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda
Marie Stopes UG

With support from UNFPA Uganda and Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda , we are holding a 2 days joint follow up meeting on AFP SMART advocacy with the trained SRHR/FP implementing CSOs in Acholi Sub_region.

To review implementation progress of the developed SMART advocacy strategies for individual partners and highlight any key learnings on the so far implementations done.

We will take the 2 days meeting as an opportunity to as well introduce a few new participants to the AFP SMART advocacy portfolio to be able to understand the partners strategies under review.

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Are you looking for publications related to family planning, reproductive health knowledge and information; ranging from policy documents, best practices, reports to case studies in respective FP themes?

Create some time today and check out our learning and adaptation hub.
Here; portal.ufpcug.org

Ministry of Health- Uganda
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNFPA Uganda
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Advance Family Planning
Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda

Happening Now: We have joined PSI-Uganda , Ministry of Health- Uganda and partners to discuss the National Total Market Approach(TMA) Strategy 2020-2025 and how it will be implemented.

The strategic objective of this TMA strategy is to increase the market size of FP services and commodities, expand market accessibility, establish mechanisms for FP market sustainability, increase access to FP services and commodities to all populations segments and improve partner stewardship, coordination and monitoring.

As we get closer to the 2nd Annual Adolescents and Young People’s SafeMotherhood Conference. Let’s be reminded that family planning is not a privilege, but a basic human right.

By enabling women, particularly the most disadvantaged and hardest to reach to make informed choices about the number, timing and spacing of their children, we help them exercise this right.

Contraceptives prevent unintended pregnancy.
A wide range of modern contraceptive options is available to choose from!!
Make an informed choice!

Its a new week, a new day and a new morning to start fresh and achieve your goals.

We are impressed with Grace Abalo, a VHT under Health Rights International in Lamwo District. Grace mobilises and empowers communities to take part in the decisions that affect their health as strengthening the delivery of health services at house hold level.

Meet Paskiline, a 94-year old birth attendant and a strong SRHR advocate from Kebu tribe in Alangi Sub County, Zombo district.
For the past 40 years, Paskiline has been passionately supporting expectant mothers to successfully deliver.

As well as responding appropriately to any birth complications.
During her youthful days, Paskiline reveals that breastfeeding was believed to be a very powerful natural family planning method that worked for hundreds of women by reducing chances of one getting pregnant.


Zombo Rural Development Network Association

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As implementing partners, it is very important to ensure that all the commodities we access are fully accounted for. - Dr. Kenneth Buyinza, National Cordinator, Uganda Family Planning Consortium during the half year check - in meeting with UFPC member organisations.

Advance Family Planning

With support from Advance Family Planning , we are holding a Half Year Check-in meeting with all member organisations of UFPC with intentions to;

1. Share updates on the key development in the FP programming, especially the FP2030 Commitments, FP CIP II, and ADS Re-accreditation assessment, and discuss a harmonised response for the Consortium Members.

2. Review the composition and reactivation of the roles of the Technical Task Forces of UFPC.

3. Discuss, prioritize and agree on a harmonised plan for key National-level Advocacy and Technical Coordination initiatives.

4. Reflect on the funding landscape and discuss Resource Mobilization Strategies for Family Planning Interventions.

UFPC with support from UNFPA Uganda and Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda is conducting a virtual followup meeting with participants from the Acholi and West Nile sub regions that were earlier trained on AFP SMART advocacy.

This meeting is to provide a platform for participants to share implementation progress of the AFP SMART advocacy strategies that they developed. & Form FP Advocacy coalitions, one for West Nile and Acholi .

After being trained by Uganda Family Planning Consortium on SMART FP Advocacy, as Zombo Rural Development Network Association, we developed integrated adolescent community outreach where we were able to liaise with Health centers, District Probation Officers and the community with an aim of raising awareness on the issue of early teenage pregnancies.

Throughout this outreach, we actively involved 50 adolescent girls, 20 teenage mothers, 20 boda boda riders, 30 community well wishes, 10 coporate runners and 20 men in uniform lead by Zombo DPC. – Cosmas

UNFPA Uganda
Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda
Mariestopes
West Nile Youth Empowerment Centre

" With the knowledge gained from this training, I now know who to approach, who to involve and how to construct SRHR SMART advocacy messages." - Grace Maditkwo, Psycho social Support Officer ActionAid Uganda
UNFPA Uganda
Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda

"This training has been an eye opener. The process of forming smart advocacy objectives and identifying key influential decision makers has always been a challenge in my line of work. I look forward to sharing this knowledge with my social group." - Alekuru Unaslay Reach A Hand Uganda
UNFPA Uganda
Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda

Participants holding powerful discussions as facilitators support with the development of long-term SMART advocacy strategies that can be adopted thereafter. This training is being conducted by with support from UNFPA Uganda and Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda.

It’s day 2 of our diffusion workshop on AFP SMART FP Advocacy. Representatives from Reach A Hand Uganda, ActionAid, West Nile and International Rescue Committee have reported in high gear, sharing their key insights from yesterday’s sessions where they were able to unlearn, relearn and learn.

"Advocacy is not just about spoken words, it's about actions with right targets. Advocacy can change the world."

Family planning does not mean stopping births but rather, helps couples to make voluntary and informed decision on when to have children, interval in between and the use of a method of .

Ongoing:Participants unpacking challenges surrounding family planning uptake in the West Nile. The few mentioned include;
🟣Lack of male involvement and supportive partners.
🟣Religious and cultural influence
🟣Lack of youth friendly services
🟣Hard to reach areas
🟣Social Stigma