Adolescent Health Uganda

08/06/2017

http://www.chimpreports.com/feature-understanding-the-worrying-rate-of-teenage-pregnancy-in-uganda/

08/06/2017

New attention to adolescent health
Adolescent health has come of age. Finally, there is a sense of urgency that action is needed now to make a real difference to the health of adolescents.
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There is much to build on. Over the past two decades, there has been a spate of reports and advocacy documents, declarations and milestone publications in academic journals devoted to the health and development of adolescents. There are global goals and targets directed to young people, and adolescents and youth are key to on-going and emerging public health agendas. Increasingly, discussions about the post-2105 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) place attention on adolescents in global public health and young people to focus of several recent United Nations initiatives and resolutions. Much progress has been made in generating interest and commitment for adolescent health at global,regional and, increasingly, national levels.

HEALTH FOR THE WORLD'S ADOLESCENTS
A second chance in the second decade

23/05/2015

Policy and giving back to the community
Very often research is done and the findings are never disseminated to the research participants. It even gets worse when we ask for money to access these findings. Its now my humble call for the Research Ethics Committees (REC) and Uganda National Council of Science and technology (UNCST) and all other regulatory bodies to respond to the cries of our communities.
http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Practices-Prevention-Adolescents-Mbarara/dp/3639365550

HIV/AIDS is a global disease burden with about 2 million people dying of AIDS, 33.4 million living with HIV and 2.7 million people newly infected with the virus by 2008 according to 2009 UNAIDS report. Current literature show that young people are heavily affected by this disease burden. Recent e...

04/05/2015

20/04/2015

Adolescents and Alcohol in Uganda!

According to experts this early engagement in alcohol causes teenagers to have early s*x, more s*xual partners and high chance of not using condoms.

13/02/2015

Happy Valentines Day.

It can take HIV symptoms years to appear—sometimes even a decade—after infection. But within a month or two of HIV entering the body, 40% to 90% of people

12/02/2015

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the following completion programmes offered by MUST beginning August 2015 on paying an application fee of shs.82,750/= for Ugandans or US $ 100 for International students which is none refundable.

28/01/2015

Adolescents require age appropriate health information. What have you done to help adolescents in your Community? Together, we can create a sustainable social support system for Adolescent health care in Uganda.

ACODEV empowers individuals, families, and communities in East Africa to challenge social evils and access services that improve their quality of life while leading to the sustainable development of their communities.

28/01/2015

Adolescent Health Uganda appreciates Radio West 100.2 FM for their continued effort in uplifting Sustainable Adolescent Health Care in Uganda. We say Thank you.

Radio West 100.2 FM is located at Stanley Road Boma Hill-Mbarara, Uganda.

Runyakitara Broadcaster

18/12/2014

Merry Christmas from Adolescent Health Uganda to everyone. Please be careful of the company you keep this festive season, it might have an influence on the quality of health you assume next year.

Love and take care.

03/09/2014

Researchers ============ this is for you.

A new long-term vision to develop the next generation of African health researchers has been announced today with an initial £40 million five-year commitment from the Wellcome Trust.

16/07/2014

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