Association of Uganda Women Medical Doctors

Association of Uganda Women Medical Doctors (AUWMD)

Postal Address	P.O. Box 10035, Kampala, Uganda
Street Address	Kiswa Health Centre (Opposite Shell Bugolobi)
Tel	256-41-251333
Fax	-
E-mail	auwmd@uol.co.ug
Web Address	http://www.auwmd.interconnection.org/
Year Established	1987
Contacts	Dr. Juliet Bataringaya, Publicity Secretary Ms. Esther Galiwango, Secretariat Secretary
Mission	To improve and facilitate efforts towards the promotion and protection of the health of women, young people and children in Uganda.
Geographical area of operations	Nationwide
Issues area of operations	Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Health, Gender-Based Violence
Activities	Advocacy and training of health workers and peer providers, Delivery of Adolescent Friendly Health Services, Screening and Treatment of STDs and Female Cancers Research on Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Gender-based violence, Community Outreach activities. AUWMD is operating an online project - Providing information electronically on reproductive health - aimed at disseminating information to help Internet-connected women's NGOs frame their advocacy programmes on reproductive health issues.
Affiliation(s)	Uganda Medical Association (UMA), National Association of Women Organisations of Uganda (NAWOU), Medical Women International Association (MWIA), Uganda Women's Network (UWONET)
Dissemination	Newsletter on Association activities update
Target Audience	Other Stakeholders, Networking Partners, Developmental Partners
Additional Information	The membership of the Association includes all female medical doctors and female dentists working in Uganda regardless of nationality.

Last update: August-17, 2002