Daily Archives: January 5, 2022

Teen pregnant girls in Gulu abusing abortion inducing medication

Teen pregnant girls in Gulu are self prescirbing abortion inducing medication as they try to get rid of the unwanted pregnancies. Now health officials in Gulu district are calling for the regulation of the sale of abortion-inducing drugs. The proposal comes amidst a reported rise in health complications coupled with deaths among teenage girls practising unsafe…

Uganda parents demand sexuality education back in school curriculum

Parents and educationists in Rwenzori region want the government to reconsider disseminating Sexual and Reproductive Health-SRH messages through schools as they re-open this month. They also want the government to extend sexual and reproductive health services to sexually active learners in schools.  The National Sexuality Education Framework was developed in response to the urgent need for…