USAID Uganda Family Planning Activity Success Stories

From 2020–2025, Pathfinder International implemented the USAID Uganda Family Planning Activity (USAID/FPA) in collaboration with the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau, Samasha Medical Foundation, and Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum. USAID/FPA also partnered with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development, National Population Council, National Planning Authority, local district governments, and community based organizations. The project aimed to encourage adoption of positive sexual and reproductive health behaviors among Ugandan women, men, and young people, and contribute to long-term shifts in Uganda’s modern contraceptive prevalence rate in 11 focus districts (Buliisa, Kiryandongo, Kibaale, Kyankwanzi, Kyegegwa, Kyenjojo, Ntoroko, Bundibugyo, Butambala, Gomba, and Rakai). USAID/FPA’s long-term objective was to ensure Uganda attains and sustains increased contraceptive use for healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies with scalable interventions.

This report shares success stories from USAID/FPA’s five years of implementation, including:

• From Adversity to Advocacy: Nakku Deisy’s Story
• Leaving No One Behind: Steven and Rose’s Journey to Family Planning
• Teenage Mother Becomes Advocate for Change
• Engaging Men in Family Planning through Group Dialogues
• Overcoming Bias: The Story of Justine Alaka
• Increasing Access to Short-Term Family Planning Services through Working with Village Health Teams
• Strengthening Health Worker Capacity to Improve Family Planning Service Delivery through On-the-Job Mentorship
• Overcoming Provider Bias to Improve Young People’s Access to Family Planning Services
• Improving Family Planning Service Delivery at Rwebisengo Health Center