Adolescent Health
Citizen-led Accountability
Citizen Journalism
Supporting Midwives & Midwifery
Teenage Pregnancy
Universal Health Coverage
History and Mission
White Ribbon Alliance Uganda (WRA Uganda) was formed in 2009 to give a voice to the women most at risk of dying in childbirth. Our vision is a Uganda where all girls and women realize their right to quality health and well-being. Our mission is to activate a people-led movement for reproductive, maternal and newborn health and rights.
Challenge
1.1 million refugees call Uganda home, making it Africa’s largest refugee hosting country, with refugee populations accounting for 50% or more of the total population in Adjumani and Yumbe districts. The health systems supporting the refugees and host communities are separate, however, the Government of Uganda is working to integrate the systems under “Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for All.” Currently, the implementation plan is not designed to reach marginalized and vulnerable populations and involve them in decision-making.
Solution
UHC for ME is working to establish platforms and mechanisms where marginalized individuals can speak out and hold decision makers accountable. The program is designed to simultaneously improve UHC principles of quality, equity and dignity at the point of service delivery and drive sustainable, system-wide change through UHC planning, budget and implementation processes.
Our Strategy
WRA Uganda strives to mobilize citizens to advocate for improved reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health outcomes while demanding accountability for commitments made by decision-makers. Our 2019 – 2022 Strategic Plan consolidates our learning, brings in new approaches and refreshes our vision to address the changing realities of girls and women in Uganda.
Current Campaigns
Through its recently launched UHC for Me program (2019-2021), WRA Uganda is implementing integrated social accountability and advocacy efforts in Uganda to help ensure policies, plans and budgets on UHC are equitable and inclusive. WRA Uganda is working intensively with two refugee hosting districts, Adjumani and Yumbe, to assist these priority populations to voice their demands for quality and accessible health care locally while ensuring their perspectives inform national dialogues on UHC.
Our Impact
In 2019, As part of the global What Women Want campaign, White Ribbon Alliance Uganda and partners mobilized 90,771 responses from over 30 districts across Uganda, finding that the demand for improved labor and delivery services, quality medicines and supplies, and menstrual health services were among the top responses from Uganda’s women and girls.
From 2016-2017, WRA Uganda’s youth driven “Act Now to End Teenage Pregnancy Campaign”, mobilized 120,000 Ugandan citizens to demand governmental action to reduce Uganda’s teenage pregnancy rate. After years of advocating with target decision-makers, WRA Uganda and partners accomplished something unprecedented: a multi-sectoral policy to end unintended pregnancy among teenagers, as well as collective funding allocations of US$28 million and policy actions from multiple ministries to see the strategy implemented.
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Thank you to our partners
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Amref Health Africa
RMNCAH Coalition in Uganda
African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation
Africa Youth and Adolescents Health Network on Population and Development — AFriYAN Uganda Chapter
Contact Us
Rose Mukisa-Bisoborwa (Dr.)
Executive Director, WRA Uganda
Rose serves as the Executive Director for WRA Uganda. Previously, she worked with EngenderHealth as a country lead during which she was actively involved with the What Women Want campaign and is a passionate advocate for WRA’s approaches. Prior to this, she was greatly involved in advocacy and promotion of safe motherhood with Amref Health Africa and also been engaged in a number of research projects with the Makerere University, School of Public Health, in a bid to promote use-friendly algorithms for maternal and child health including HIV in resource-limited settings.
Rose is a medical doctor with an MPH and has worked extensively on reproductive, maternal and newborn health and rights issues throughout Uganda. She has demonstrated management and leadership skills at both mid-level and senior level management working with complex programs addressing a variety of social and health issues including advocacy for restoration of the dignity of women and girls suffering from fistula.
Rose is a team builder and capable of leading and building high performing teams. She comes with skills in health system strengthening, strategic planning, program management & development, capacity building, advocacy, business development and public health. She commits to excellence and maintaining values of the organization.
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