The PPD ARO has deep commitment to improving the reproductive health and rights in collaborating and partner countries, in strategic partnership with NGOs and other civil society organizations. The Africa Regional Office links African member countries who each have a strong commitment to the partnership's vision- a continent that meets its reproductive health needs, promotes the population and development agenda and thereby address poverty, through South-South cooperation.

In 2006, the Board of Partners in Population and Development demonstrated its commitment to intensify its activities in Africa by establishing a regional presence. This response recognized the particularly strong needs for both human and financial resources to help the people of Africa get out of the current poverty trap. The Africa Regional Office opened in February 2007 in Kampala, Uganda with the mandate to coordinate a renewed and concerted effort to realize the Vision of “a continent that meets its reproductive health needs, promotes the population and development agenda and thereby addresses poverty, through south-south cooperation.”

Mission: PPD Africa, as part of the global South-South inter-governmental alliance, provides a platform for the promotion of and resource mobilization for Reproductive Health, Population and Development in Africa through three elements:

1. Policy dialogue
2. Networking and building strategic partnerships in the region
3. Sharing of experiences and good practices.

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The impetus for the PPD Africa Regional Office came from a growing understanding throughout the African Union that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) cannot be met without a renewed focus on family planning, population and the reproductive health of women.

The people of Africa, especially its women, children and youth, continue to suffer in abject poverty and dehumanizing conditions, foremost among which is an unparalleled burden of disease. At the same time, they face the special perils of the twenty-first century: urbanization of unprecedented speed, especially the growth of horrendous urban slums; and, of course, the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

The PPD Africa Regional Office is part of a global South-South alliance of 24 developing countries. The Africa Regional Office is located in Kampala, Uganda, and the Secretariat for PPD is in Dhaka, Bangladesh. PPD receives funding from all member countries, as well as donors.

The 14 current PPD member countries in Africa are: Benin, Egypt, Ethiopia,The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Learn more about the work of PPD ARO in our 5 minute informational video.

Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office (PPD ARO)
Statistics House, Third Floor, Room 3.2
9 Colville Street
P.O. Box 2666
Kampala, Uganda

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Main office phone line: (+256) 414-705-446
Fax line: (+256) 414-233-184

All packages should be addressed to:
Ms. Charity Birungi