As Uganda joined the world in marking World Population Day, Family Medical Point (FMP) has called for urgent scaling up of sexual and reproductive health services in vulnerable fishing communities, where young people especially girls continue to bear the brunt of inadequate healthcare and socio-economic instability.
This year’s global theme, “Empowering Young People to Create the Families They Want in a Fair and Hopeful World,” underscores the need to provide youth with the tools, rights, and opportunities to shape their futures. FMP says this is especially crucial in Uganda’s fishing hubs like Kigungu, where teenage pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and lack of access to healthcare remain rampant.
