Uganda: Activists Push for More Reproductive Health Cash

Posted to the web 10 October 2008 Simon Musasizi Faced with a decline in funding for reproductive health services (RH), regional experts have called for access to financial resources available for HIV/ AIDS programmes. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reports, donor expenditure for RH commodities reduced from $653 million in 1997 to $393 million in 2006, yet that for HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases STDs) tremendously increased from $294 million to $5 billion. "There are funding gaps that need to be addressed," Alisemera Jane Babiiha, Woman MP for Bundibugyo, said recently at the Eastern Africa Reproductive Health Network (EARN) meeting on Reproductive Health Commodity Security at Protea Hotel. The meeting attracted delegates from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Burundi, Rwanda and Ethiopia were... [read full story]