Uganda: Health Experts, Government Disagree Over Teenage Contraceptive Guidelines

Uganda: Health Experts, Government Disagree Over Teenage Contraceptive Guidelines

By Anthony Wesaka
12 October 2017

Kampala — As Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day of the girl child on Wednesday, the recent decision by government to halt the release of the guidelines on contraceptives to be used by girls as young as 10 years old, has been sharply criticised.

On September 28, this year, State minister for Primary Healthcare, Ms Joyce Moriku, declined to launch the guidelines on National Guidelines and Standards for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The minister reasoned that the Health ministry did not own the guidelines and that they neede

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