UNICEF News - 3rd quarter newsletter
July-September 2025
Highlights
A simple glance at the spectrum of needs for children provokes an array of questions. How shall we reach every child? How will we avert new challenges? How can we sustain the progress? The new UNICEF Uganda Country Programme Document 2026-2030, approved by the UNICEF Executive Board in September, positions stronger partnerships as a key component in response to these questions. During this quarter, we made substantial strides in this area.
Together against disease: UNICEF Uganda joined the coalition of the African Union, government ministries, civil society organizations and development partners, among others, at the high-level ministerial conference on the triple elimination of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Syphilis. Hosted in Kampala, the convention sought to mobilize action and secure high-level political commitment needed to end vertical transmission of these three diseases by 2030.
Together for social protection: Our partnership with the Government of Uganda, with funding from the Government of Iceland and the European Union under the Gender for Development Uganda Programme, enabled our continued implementation of social protection programmes for vulnerable in- and out-of-school adolescent mothers and their children in a total of nine districts. The integrated programme approach, blending a cash transfer with mentorship, life skills, early childhood development and linkages to critical services, ensures that young mothers develop all-round resilience, thriving even after the programme ends.
Together with international partners: UNICEF commenced a two-track collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation to improve health services while creating meaningful jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities for young people and women in partnership with the Ministry of Health, and to support children’s access to education, technology, and employability skills through the Leaders in Teaching Uganda Programme.
Similarly, partnerships with the UK Government and the European Union Humanitarian Aid will increase access to life-saving ready-to-use therapeutic foods for children aged 6 to 59 months, in refugee settlements and host communities in 13 districts.
Further partnerships with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Makerere University and many more, testify to how we can both expand our reach, sustain our impact and scale up programming for every child. Together.
Dr Robin Nandy
Country Representative to Uganda
