Joint Programme on Population (Uganda)

The Joint Programme on Population in Uganda worked to implement the National Population Policy for 2011-2014, to accelerate the onset of a demographic transition in the country.

Working in partnership with government, professional organizations, educational institutions and civil society, it aimed to increase access to family planning and sexual and reproductive health information and services to reduce fertility in line with individuals’ and couples’ choices, especially among young people, improve maternal, newborn and child health, contribute to ensuring that youth and vulnerable groups have skills and opportunities for sustainable livelihoods, and support an adequately resourced, coordinated and managed national population programme.

A joint effort of UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, UN Women, ILO, UN Habitat, WFP and IOM, with funding from the United Kingdom, the programme ran from 2010 to 2015.