Reproductive Health Uganda
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Reproductive Health Uganda(RHU) Pioneered family planning in Uganda (1957). Experts in providing #SRHR information & services.Member Association @IPPFAR @ippf
Kampala-Uganda
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Meet some of the young people behind
#AskRHU
The chatbot was developed entirely by young people, to address questions and issues raised by young people
#WeAreRHU
#IUDUg21
@SafeHands_
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Tweet of the week 😊
@Hbamulinde
Don’t listen to the nonsense. There is a number of birth control methods that could help 🤷♀️🤷♂️ & we are here for you 😎
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Congratulations on joining our thriving and accomplished team of winners!
#WeAreRHU
CAREER UPDATE:
I am happy to share that I have joined
@RHUganda
as a communications officer.
RHU works towards a Uganda where everyone’s Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights are protected and fulfilled without discrimination.
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@RHUganda
emergency preparedness & response planning training funded by
@UKaid
,
@DFID_UK
starts in Kampala.
@ibembe_peter
a facilitator &
@RHUganda
Director of Programs implores staff to be alert for emergencies.
@UNFPAUganda
@CarolPrim3
@JacksonChekwek3
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@RHUganda
Dr. Peter Ibembe, at the
@UNFPA
family planning assessment meeting," Prioritize key implementable areas to access safe, effective, affordable, and acceptable family planning services".
@MinofHealthUG
@cehurduganda
@rosellineac
@CarolPrim3
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@RHUganda
ED Jackson Chekweko's top management staff and Dr. Jeff Ssebuyira Mukasa, discuss the context and rationale of
@RHUganda
's self-sustainability after the ACCESS project closure for core and projects at Protea Skyz hotel.
@IPPFAR
@UKaid
@CarolPrim3
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Engaging men and boys in menstrual health programmes is an integral part of combating the many factors that contribute to gender inequality.
Men and boys can support women and girls to manage menstruation effectively across different social domains.
#AllianceWeek23
#WeAreRHU
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@MinofHealthUG
's Director
@olaro_charles
commends
@RHUganda
's
#SRHR
service delivery. "actually
@RHUganda
is second to
@GovUganda
in
#SRHR
services delivery," Dr. Olaro.
@CarolPrim3
@AFPnow
@UNFPAUganda
@NPC_Uganda
@Rutgers_INTL
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“Young people are being deprived of their rightful enjoyment of rights, primarily because of insufficient access to information. It is important to recognize that young individuals are entitled to privacy within healthcare facilities, particularly when seeking services related to
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We believe that young people are experts in their own lives. That's why we adopt a youth-centered approach that actively involves them in all programming stages.
We partner with young people to ensure that our work is tailored to their needs & their voices are heard & valued.
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“Women are not only the hardest hit by COVID19 but also the back bone of economic recovery.” ~ Dr Dinah Nakiganda
@MinofHealthUG
Happening now: The virtual post SDG webinar to deliberate on how to move forward in realization of SDG 3 & 5 after the impact of COVID19.
#WeAreRHU
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#HappyNewMonth
As November begins, we are excited to bring you the Inter University Dialogue (IUD)2023 . IUD brings together young people from higher institutions of learning joined by CSO's, policy makers and decision makers to freely deliberate on sexual reproductive health and
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Call for Abstracts! 📢
We are excited to announce the upcoming Annual Civil Society Organisations Knowledge Sharing Conference on SRHR, Gender, and Youth Programming happening on 8th August 2024.
We invite all passionate advocates, researchers, and practitioners to submit your
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@RHUganda
sustainability readiness assessment meeting about
#SRHR
policy, governance, financing, supply, commodities and services supported by
@UNFPAUganda
and
@MinofHealthUG
starts at Ridar hotel in Mukono.
@IPPFAR
@YAMuganda
@CSekimpi
@SRHRAllianceUg
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"Consent is an essential aspect of healthy sexual encounters, including safe sex." ~ Martha
Consent cannot be overstated – it ensures that nobody is being forced into any sexual activity, escalating a situation to violence or abuse.
#WorldSexualHealthDay23
#WeAreRHU
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Condom is one of the simplest and accessible form of contraceptives around, and the only method that offers duo protection from STIs and unintended pregnancies.
#InternationalCondomDay
#ICD2023
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Our Youth Officer
@daisy_kandole
is live on
@97fmRadiocity
to talk about our upcoming event, the Inter-University Dialogue happening this Saturday
@kyambogou
.
The event will bring together young people from different institutions of higher learning joined by CSOs, policymakers
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Child marriage ends childhood. It violates children’s rights and places them at high risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse. Child marriage affects both girls and boys, but it affects girls disproportionately.
Protect the girl child,
#EndChildMarriage
#WeAreRHU
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Happening now: The WISH2ACTION program is holding its close out meeting at Fairy Way Hotel in Kampala. This program has been instrumental in promoting women’s integrated sexual health, empowering them to make informed decisions about family planning and education.
The objective
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On this World NGO Day, we celebrate all volunteers that serve and work with us to ensure a Uganda where everyone’s sexual reproductive health and rights are fulfilled and protected without discrimination.
#WorldNGODay2023
#WeAreRHU
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We are honored to be recognised by the
@MinofHealthUG
for our contributions to building a climate-resilient health system in Uganda.
This recognition reinforces our dedication to addressing the intersectionality of climate change & health, with emphasis on SRHR.
#WeAreRHU
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We are delighted to present
@AnnetKyarimpa
as the newly appointed Director of Programmes.
Congratulations on this remarkable milestone, Annet!
Your leadership and commitment are truly commendable.
#WeAreRHU
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Part of the
#AllianceWeek
activities include outreaches in different communities in Kabarole district where our teams are facilitating trainings on sexuality education.
#WeAreRHU
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#MondayMotivation
"For young people, their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are a crucial part of their lives – whether they are sexually active or not." ~ Abu Hussein, Peer Educator
#WeAreRHU
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#UGANDA
has emerged the 1st Winner of country leadership in
#FamilyPlanning
Award
#ICFP2018
@reachahand
@MinofHealthUG
@UNFPAUganda
@UYAFPAH1
@uyahf1
@SRHRAllianceUg
@cehurduganda
@UgandaMediaCent
@ufpc_ug
@rhrn_ug
💥💪🏿💥💪🏿👌
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We are thrilled to host the JOICEF-SARAYA mission to Uganda.
The RHU -JOICEF-SARAYA collaboration ensures quality SRH services through infection prevention and control which has strengthened access to quality cervical cancer screening,family planning and HIV testing.
#WeAreRHU
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Cold weather! Valentines week! Love in the air!😌
Remember that condoms are the only form of family planning method that will protect you against sexually transmitted infections (STls) as well as unintended pregnancies.
#WrapItUp
#InternationalCondomDay
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The use of contraceptives empowers young girls,women & families to determine when to get a pregnancy & give birth. Investing in family planning preferably contraceptives for the young people in Uganda,can help reduce the high maternal deaths.~
@JacksonChekwek3
ED RHU.
#WeAreRHU
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We have this morning commenced our annual RHU internship programme bringing together passionate students from different higher institutions of learning .
The internship programme begins with the Community-Based Reproductive Health Training, aimed at enhancing young people's
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Digital platforms are key in accelerating innovation and information about sexual reproductive health.
We have kicked off with a digital story telling training in Kabale district. By the end of the training, the attendees will be able to use digital platforms to share their
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Today is
#WorldSexualHealthDay
, a reminder that sexual health is essential to overall well-being.
Let's break the stigma, promote open conversations, and ensure that everyone has access to accurate information on sexual and reproductive health.
#WeAreRHU
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Happening now: Day 2 at the Women’s Katale at UMA show grounds Lugogo organized by
@PSF_Uganda
.
Pass by our booth where we are offering free sexual reproductive health services and information.
#IWD2023
#WeAreRHU
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Youth volunteers, such as peer educators, play a key role in increasing access to sexual reproductive health services and information to their peers.
Young people need the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions about their sexual health.
#WeAreRHU
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#MondayMotivation
Smiling is a simple yet a powerful gesture that has a significant impact on our mental health.
Let's make smiling a big part of this month!
#HappyNewMonth
#WeAreRHU
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Everyone has a story to tell. Evidence shows that stories are more effective in conveying important messages than facts alone.
Happening now;
@powertoyouthug
digital story telling training for young people and youth led CBOs in Bukwo district.
#ChangeStartsWithYouth
#WeAreRHU
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On this first day of 2024, we would like to appreciate you for all the support you showed us in 2023.
We wish you a steady 2024 filled with success and happiness . We look forward to working with you to realize an Uganda where everyone’s SRHR are fulfilled without
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The realization of sexual reproductive health and rights plays a crucial role in empowering women economically. Realizing SRHR is necessary for women & girls to stay healthy, to participate in education, and to participate in all facets of life, including economic life.
#IWD2023
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Oyagala vibe, vibe is here at RHU😎😎
How creative can young people be?
Here is an informative song about contraception all happening at our office behind levels
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#MondayMotivation
Young people’s SRHR must be supported. This means providing access to sexuality education; services to prevent, & treat STIs; & counselling on family planning. It also means empowering young people to know & exercise their rights to SRH.
#WeAreRHU
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📢 Call for Applications: Internship Opportunities at Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU)! 📢
We are thrilled to announce that we are now accepting applications for internships.
Application Deadline: 7th June
Eligibility: Open to students and recent graduates.
#WeAreRHU
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Our Programme Coordinator Priscilla Nabatanzi is being hosted on
@ntvuganda
to discuss contraception use for adolescents.
Tune in to be part of this conversation.
#WeAreRHU
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The World Contraception Day (WCD) is observed on September 26 every year as an annual global campaign to improve awareness about contraception.
As we mark this important day, it is essential to recognise the significance of providing a range of contraceptive options to
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Proud day for
@YAMuganda
as our own
@daphyn_olgah94
becomes
@IPPFAR
@yamafrica
President Region Youth Representative 💪. Congs Lady congs UG
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Have you read
@DailyMonitor
today? On page 26 , the daily monitor shines a light on our efforts in empowering women in Hoima district to challenge and fight SGBV under the PROMISE II programme implemented in the district.
What are you doing to end SGBV?
#WeAreRHU
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Contraception enables people have the number of children they want and when they want them. This is everybody’s right under the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
#WorldContraceptionDay
#WeAreRHU
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Happening now.
#WISH2ACTION
in partnership with
@MinofHealthUG
launches adolescent and youth responsive sexual reproductive health services outreach programs among institutions of higher learning.
#WeAreRHU
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We started off with a flash mob around kamwokya, Bukoto and kololo to create awareness on the essence of a world where every girl and woman can decide what to do with her body, with her life and with her future
#SheDecidesUg19
#SheDecidesDay
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Empowering girls & women helps exercise free choices, right to control fertility, right to take an autonomous decision on healthcare seeking behaviour, mobility, reproductive rights, participation in social group and increase awareness.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WeAreRHU
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#MondayMotivation
Parents/guardians should provide their children with age appropriate information on sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
#BackToSchool
#WeAreRHU
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In commemoration of the
#16DaysOfActivismUG
, we have rallied stakeholders in a women's march under the PROMISE II project in Hoima district, in a bid to raise awareness on the need to address gender based violence against women and girls.
#WeAreRHU
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Happening now:
@powertoyouthug
and PROMISE programmes compliance training that aims at ensuring all staff understand the compliance requirements under which they are supposed to work.
#WeAreRHU
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.
@daisy_kandole
Youth Assistant RHU has been appointed to serve as a member of an International Youth Advisory Committee for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DMoFA) starting November 2021 until January 2023.
#WeAreRHU
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Tomorrow at 7:00pm, we will host a twitter space conversation about the need for mindset change for the political leadership towards addressing teenage pregnancies in Uganda. Join us.
#MindSetChange
@CD_RAHU
@JacksonChekwek3
@miriamatembe
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Join our conversation at 7pm hosted by
@powertoyouthug
as we discuss the role of digital innovation and technology in achieving gender equality.
#IWDUg
#IWD2023
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Menstrual health continues to be surrounded by taboos and stigma in many societies worldwide. These taboos often stem from cultural, religious, and social beliefs that have perpetuated negative attitudes and misconceptions about menstruation.
#BreakPeriodStigma
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Access to sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services can decrease child marriage, teenage pregnancies and prevent transmission of sexually transmitted infections.
How best can young people access SRHR information and services?
#WeAreRHU
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As part of the digital story telling training, young people are presenting their story boards where they are discussing different Menstrual health challenges like period poverty, poor access to Menstrual products, lack of privacy and disposal facilities.
From these stories,
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#TechTuesdays
For young people to maintain their sexual and reproductive health, accurate information must be available. RHU developed an artificial intelligence chatbot
#AskRHU
that works with Facebook Messenger to close the knowledge gap on SRHR especially for young people.
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Are you as excited as we are about the
@SheDecidesGFI
Festival? Get ready for so much fun 😍
👉Venue: Kira Road Police play ground, Kamwokya
👉Theme: Stand Up, Speak Out and Take Action
#SheDecidesUg19
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#MondayMotivation
The Annual CSO Knowledge Sharing Conference on SRHR, Gender, & Youth Programming is here!
Join us on August 8th, for discussions focusing on the empowerment of women, girls & youth.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage, learn, & make a difference!
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🌍 International Youth Day 🌍
Today, we celebrate the power, potential, and passion of young people around the world.
Let's put the SRH rights of young people at the forefront of our efforts for a healthier, more equitable world.
#InternationalYouthDay24
#WeAreRHU
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Menstrual hygiene is vital to the empowerment & well-being of women & girls. It is more than just access to sanitary pads & appropriate toilets. It is also about women & girls living in an environment that values their ability to manage their menstruation with dignity.
#WeAreRHU
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We are elated to host the a round table discussion between university students and
representatives from
@DutchMFA
and
@NLinUganda
.
This discussion is an opportunity to delve into the complexities of SRHR issues from a human rights perspective.
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#MondayMotivation
Everyone has the right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.
#WeAreRHU
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Partnering with
@MinofHealthUG
and
@OwnYourFutureUG
we have successfully oriented the incoming Social Behavioral Change Communication Agents from Central region universities.
The SBCC agents are empowered with knowledge and information on SRHR to create awareness, change
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Media advocacy is the strategic use of mass media to advance public policy initiatives.
Happening now:
@powertoyouthug
Media Training for CSOs communications practitioners facilitated by
@SonkeTogether
.
#ChangeStartsWithYouth
#WeAreRHU
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#SafeSpaces4Youth
enhance individual development as it provides youth with opportunities to generate real community change and solutions to existing challenges/risks they are facing
@RHUkatego
@YAMuganda
#YouthDayUg18
#YouthDay2018
#IYD2018
#YouthDay
#IUDug18
#YouthQuakeAfrica
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Access to sexual reproductive health and rights services (SRHR) is crucial in preventing child marriage, teenage pregnancies, and the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
How best can young people access SRHR information and services?
#WeAreRHU
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The conversation on contraception choices for adolescents is now underway.
Follow the conversation via hashtags
#Contraceptives4Adolescents
#WCDUg23
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Great rising to you all💃🏾🕺🏾
The day is here and it is upon us
Join us as we celebrate
#WCDUg23
at our head office behind levels bar.
There will be a round table discussion on Contraception choices for Adolescents coupled with free Family Planning services, cervical cancer
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Access to family planning empowers young people to take control of their own lives and futures. It ensures that they have the knowledge, tools, and resources to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health.
Young people have the right to choose, protect
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As we warm up for the e-conference on helping parents pass on Sexuality Education to their children, meet some of our panellists
#SexualityEducationUG
#WeAreRHU
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The wet season is here!
Whatever plans you make 👀, ensure to keep safe!
Use a condom!
#UseProtection
#StaySafe
#WeAreRHU
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Happening now: Celebrating 13 years of the Advance Family Planning Initiative
@AFPnow
in Uganda at Mbale Courts View Hotel.
@ppd_aro
#AFPCloseOut
#WeAreRHU
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In commemoration of the
#InternationalWomansDay
, we are at the
@PSF_Uganda
Women’s Day Katale at UMA Multipurpose Hall, Kampala.
Pass by our booth to get sexual reproductive health and rights information and services.
#IWD2023
#WeAreRHU
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#WeekendMotivation
“In 1998, I represented the youth of
@ippf
in the Global Annual Meeting in Czech Republic.
I was among the vibrant young people championing sexual reproductive health. It is now time for young people to claim this space.”- Jackson Chekweko ED RHU
#WeAreRHU
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Did you know that men have a crucial role in ending violence against women and girls?
It is important to engage men and boys to challenge negative notions of masculinity, promote healthy, gender equitable relationships, facilitate effective interpersonal communication and shared
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Digital storytelling can be a powerful tool for promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. By using digital media such as videos, blogs, or social media, young people can share personal narratives, educational content, and advocacy messages related to
#SRHR
.
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Through technology, we have created and innovated digital tools to communicate SRHR messages to young people.
Through digital stories we raise awareness about the SRHR day-to-day social policy challenges, barriers to accessing SRHR services, budgets, and SRHR commodity needs.
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Welcome to The RHU Spotlight Magazine, our inaugural issue showcasing events, activities, and updates from Reproductive Health Uganda throughout the year.
Let this handbook be your trusted companion—a source of inspiration, a bedtime read, and a window into our brilliance,
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Men and boys have equal stakes in Menstrual Hygiene Management and can support by becoming change-makers who challenge the status quo of myths, misconceptions and practices that allow fear, shame and discomfort during menstruation.
#MentalHealthMonth
#Stories4Change
#WeAreRHU
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"Most religious leaders have discarded the idea of Sex Ed in schools & considered it evil. We want them to know that it is not evil at all & our children need it now more than ever."Patience is creating change by challenging parents & leaders in her community to support YP's SRHR
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We are hosting a delegation of UK Members of parliament (MPS) for study tour. This is with support from partners as
@UKaid
@UNFPAUganda
@MarieStopesUg
@MinofHealthUG
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#MondayMotivation
"It is essential to empower young people with accurate sexual reproductive and health rights information so that they can make informed decisions about their own health and well-being" says
@daisy_kandole
Youth Officer at RHU and also serves on the
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"We moved away from making noise to a new line of Smart Advocacy, where we identify key influencers on Family planning to spread our messages for an effective impact".
- Jackson Chekweko, E.D RHU
#AFPCloseOut
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