The government of Norway has partnered with the kingdom of
Busoga in a 4.4 Million USD project aimed at ending teenage pregnancies in
Mayuge and Kamuli districts.
Records from the United Nations Population
Fund-UNFPA as of 2021 rated Mayuge and Kamuli as some of the districts as
having the highest teenage pregnancy cases in the country. Kamuli recorded 6,535
whereas Mayuge registered 6,205 teenage pregnancies.
The three year project entails steering
partnerships with the already existing sexual reproductive health and
rights-SRHR promoters in the kingdom, to promote uptake of family planning
methods among high-risk groups, which will in turn contribute to the reduction
of unwanted pregnancies among teenagers.
The Kyabazinga of Busoga, HRH Gabula Nadiope
says that the move will over time ensure stable education of teenagers, some of
whom suffer interruptions or total school dropout due to unintended
pregnancies.
Nadiope further challenged parents and teachers
to emphasize abstinence from sex amongst teenagers, which he says is the
sustainable means of ending unwanted pregnancies amongst school going children.
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