Uganda has two national strategies that commit to increasing family planning programming. Yet, the national allocations for family planning in 2017/18 contributed less than 10 percent of the funds necessary to implement both strategies. At the district level, allocations dedicated to family planning were so minimal that in most cases they comprised less than 1 percent of the health budget.
PRB partnered with DSW Uganda to create a video and fact sheet that make the case that family planning benefits all Ugandans. The products also call on the national government to ensure that all modern family planning methods are available in health facilities, reserve additional funding in the national budget to implement family planning programming, and encourage district councils to adhere to budget guidance provided in previous guidelines.
A series of subnational fact sheets spotlight the unique contraception access barriers and family planning budget allocations in Kamuli, Mityana, Mukono, and Tororo districts, and make context-specific recommendations for actions that district officials can take to improve family planning.
