“It is a risk someone has to take”: the Catholic nun helping vaccinate thousands in Uganda’s Karamoja

Karamoja has faced intracommunal violence for decades, and as climate change exacerbates water scarcity, it’s getting worse. But vaccinator Sister Virginia Virgo is not backing down.  18 September 2024 by John Agaba When Virginia Virgo packed her bags to join a monastery in northern Uganda in the 1980s, she had one thing in mind: to leave…

Innovative Financing Models Urgently Needed to Secure the Future of SRHR in Africa, Say Global Leaders

A high-level panel of industry leaders and philanthropists convened during a side event at the 79th United Nations General Assembly to call for urgent action and innovative financing models to secure the future of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Africa. With shifting geopolitical contexts and funding cuts in major donor countries, adolescent…