The Ugandan Finance Minister has pledged additional funds for reproductive health and supplies after the advocacy efforts of our Member Association: Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU).
This was the result of Ugandan Members of Parliament attending RHU's Project Resource Mobilization Awareness network retreat.
Supportive parliamentarians attended the meeting to learn more about the challenges in Uganda of ensuring access to reproductive health supplies such as:
Antiretrovirals
MPs learnt that reproductive health supplies can help reduce maternal mortality rates and contribute to meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
They pledged to support RHU's advocacy and have already begun advocating in parliament for increased commitment to reproductive health supplies.
In a recent debate the MPs tried to pass a bill to divert resources from public services to reproductive health supplies.
A passionate debate ensued and the Minister of Finance pledged an additional 100 million shillings ($62,500) for reproductive health supplies.
This is a 13% increase on the current reproductive health supplies budget. ]