Skip to content

News

From policy to practice: Turning the tide on gender based violence in East and Southern Africa
SRHR, HIV, Gender-Based Violence
From policy to practice: turning the tide on GBV in East and Southern Africa
A joint opinion piece by Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Directors: Ms. Anne Githuku-Shongwe, UNAIDS; Ms. Lydia Zigomo, ...
Find out more
Beyond the rainbow: LGBTQI+ rights and health in Eastern and Southern Africa
Beyond the rainbow: LGBTQI+ rights and health in Eastern and Southern Africa
A joint thought piece by Regional Directors for east and Southern Africa, Anne Githuku-Shongwe, UNAIDS and Lydia Zigomo, UN...
Find out more
Empowering Girls Means Upholding Their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health
Press Release
Empowering Girls Means Upholding Their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health
Joint Statement on International Day of the Girl (11 October), by Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Directors: Anne Githuk...
Find out more
Celebrating the Results of the impactful 2gether 4 SRHR Phase I Joint Programme
Celebrating the Results of the impactful 2gether 4 SRHR Phase I Joint Programme
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go further, go together”  - this old adage perfectly encapsulates the journ...
Find out more
Dialogue, Partnership and innovation critical to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in East and Southern Africa
Dialogue, Partnership and innovation critical to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in East and Southern Africa
The 2gether 4 SRHR Programme, in collaboration with the Africa SRHR Team of Sweden, organized a pivotal roundtable discussion...
Find out more
Global Female Condom Day: Supporting Sexual and Reproductive Health Choices for All
HIV Prevention
Global Female Condom Day: Supporting Sexual and Reproductive Health Choices for All
At this critical moment, it's more important than ever to raise our voices and affirm our collective commitment to sexual and...
Find out more
2024 Global AIDS Update
2024 Global AIDS Update
This report shows that world leaders can fulfil their promise to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, and in so doing ...
Find out more
Beyond the rainbow: LGBTQ+ rights and health in Eastern and Southern Africa
Beyond the rainbow: LGBTQ+ rights and health in Eastern and Southern Africa
On this final day of Pride Month, this new joint piece for UNAIDS and UNFPA by Anne Githu Shongwe  and Lydia Zigomo  notes“Pr...
Find out more
Young mothers looking out for each other. Reducing HIV transmission while supporting families to thrive.
ASRHR
Young mothers looking out for each other. Reducing HIV transmission while supporting families to thrive.
Meet Poeletso, 23, a peer provider in South Africa supporting young mothers and their families to thrive. Her support builds ...
Find out more
Namibia reaches key milestone in eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B
Press Release
Namibia reaches key milestone in eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B
Namibia has become the first country in Africa – and the first high-burden country in the world - to reach a significant mile...
Find out more
Celebrating midwives: Edinah delivers babies, one safe birth at a time
Celebrating midwives: Edinah delivers babies, one safe birth at a time
Commemorating International Midwife Day (5 May) with this heartwarming story of Edinah - a midwife from Kisugu Uganda.
Find out more
Adolescent girls are six times as likely to acquire HIV than boys in Eastern and Southern Africa, where rates of early pregnancy and gender-based violence are some of the world’s highest
Press Release
Adolescent girls are six times as likely to acquire HIV than boys in Eastern and Southern Africa, where rates of early pregnancy and gender-based violence are some of the world’s highest
The media is an important ally in raising awareness, dispelling myths and increasing access to SRHR services in the region. O...
Find out more