Uganda to benefit from sh21b project
Nov 21, 2009
UGANDA is among the nine developing countries in Africa and Asia that will benefit from a $12m (over sh21b) family planning and women’s reproductive health project.
By Raymond Baguma
and Irene Nabusoba
UGANDA is among the nine developing countries in Africa and Asia that will benefit from a $12m (over sh21b) family planning and women’s reproductive health project.
The project was launched by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The development was announced at the end of a three-day international family planning conference that attracted over 1,300 researchers and academicians at the Speke Resort, Munyonyo on Wednesday.
The other beneficiaries are: Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Pakistan and Indonesia. Funding will be done on a country-to-country basis.
The three-year project will assist developing countries achieve universal access to reproductive health facilities and revitalise family planning programmes by increasing funding and improving policy commitment at local, national and global levels. This will be done by urging governments, donors and multilateral agencies to invest in family planning to reach 200 million women.
Dr. Michael Klag, the Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told journalists at a press conference that the collaborative effort was part of a long-term commitment to improving women’s health in developing countries.
The project will be implemented by Bloomberg School, Partners in Population and Development (PPD), the African Women’s Development Fund and the Future’s Group International. They will work with USAID, other bilateral donors, international and local non-governmental organisations and the private sector.
The project will establish a network on reproductive health for African women to reduce maternal mortality.
and Irene Nabusoba
UGANDA is among the nine developing countries in Africa and Asia that will benefit from a $12m (over sh21b) family planning and women’s reproductive health project.
The project was launched by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The development was announced at the end of a three-day international family planning conference that attracted over 1,300 researchers and academicians at the Speke Resort, Munyonyo on Wednesday.
The other beneficiaries are: Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Pakistan and Indonesia. Funding will be done on a country-to-country basis.
The three-year project will assist developing countries achieve universal access to reproductive health facilities and revitalise family planning programmes by increasing funding and improving policy commitment at local, national and global levels. This will be done by urging governments, donors and multilateral agencies to invest in family planning to reach 200 million women.
Dr. Michael Klag, the Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told journalists at a press conference that the collaborative effort was part of a long-term commitment to improving women’s health in developing countries.
The project will be implemented by Bloomberg School, Partners in Population and Development (PPD), the African Women’s Development Fund and the Future’s Group International. They will work with USAID, other bilateral donors, international and local non-governmental organisations and the private sector.
The project will establish a network on reproductive health for African women to reduce maternal mortality.