Uganda, Countries, Where we work - Marie Stopes International

Uganda

Marie Stopes Uganda & Marie Stopes International Uganda
Date established	1990 and 1995 respectively
Services offered	Family planning; health screening; HIV/STIs; maternal health; primary health care; post abortion care; refugees/IDPs; social marketing; young people
Number of centres	16
Outreach / mobile services	Yes
Social marketing products & brands	Condoms: Lifeguard Blue; Liefguard Pink Pregnancy test: Easy Life Pregnancy Test Strips
Major partners	Ministry of Health; Market Vendors Aids Project (MAVAP) with Uganda Cares
Major donors	Ministry of Health; UK Department for International Development (DFID); European Community; United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); KfW Entwicklungsbank; Direct Relief International; International Planned Parenthood (IPPF)
Contact details	Marie Stopes Uganda PO Box 3557 Plot No. 1020, Kisugu Muyenga Kampala Uganda www.mariestopes.or.ug Telephone: + 256 414 510 337/516

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Highlights

in 2009, MSI Uganda reached 79,222 men and women across 92% of the country's districts
trained 300 government health workers nationally and 100 private providers in South-West Uganda in quality of care

Publications

Couple years of protection (CYPs) delivered by us in 2010

Unsafe abortions that will be averted due to our 2010 services

train at least 1,000 district health personnel in the use of long-acting methods of contraception
engage more Village Health Teams (VHT) in the provision of family planning
reduce unmet need for contraception among women of reproductive age in rural Uganda by 40%
expand output-based aid scheme through the sale of subsidised long-acting and permanent method vouchers to those most in need
expand outreach to the underserved areas of the country, such as the fishing communities and Karamoja district

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