By Our Reporter
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with Outbox, a local business incubator, has launched a health-based innovation accelerator dubbed ‘Up Accelerate.’ The innovation seeks to explore new and engaging ways to tackle pressing Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) challenges in Uganda while promoting social entrepreneurship among young people. This program is part of a regional initiative by UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office, with funding from UKAID.
Speaking at the launch event in Kampala yesterday, Edson Muhwezi, Assistant Country Representative UNFPA Uganda said, “To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and further UNFPA’s mandate, we need to test new approaches and improve on those already in use. Innovation and the active engagement of young people in our work can be catalysts of significant change and help achieve the demographic dividend in Uganda. This dividend can be reaped if the country simultaneously prioritizes enhancing the quality of its human capital, empowering of women and their partners to reduce fertility and reforming the economy to increase productivity and create jobs.
