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Welcome to
SAHU

A Healthy Adolescent,... A Healthy Nation

FRIDAY ADOLESCENTS CLINIC
We strive to promote comprehensive Adolescent Healthcare. Adolescents and young people can access SRHR information and services from the Friday clinic at Mulago Hospital.
SAHU Clinical and Scientific Meetings
Don’t miss out on this great Society for Adolescent Health in Uganda (SAHU) and Makerere University Adolescent Symposium. Register here under the theme: “Life Course Interventions and Approaches in Adolescent Health”
NEWSLETTERS
SAHU produces quarterly newsletters with highlights from the different partners and providers in Adolescent Health. Check out our updates and news in the latest newsletters.
Positive Mindset for Adolescents

Cultivating a Positive Mindset in Adolescents

A positive mindset is the foundation for success in adolescence and beyond. It empowers young people to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities, and believe in their ability to shape their future. With the right mindset, adolescents can affirm: "I am enough, I am successful, and I am in control of my journey."

Encouraging adolescents to adopt a mindset of growth and self-belief fosters resilience. This outlook helps them achieve their goals, whether it's excelling in school, taking charge of their health, or envisioning a future filled with success. It's not just about surviving adolescence—it's about thriving.

Empowering adolescents with the belief that they can be in control of their health, education, and career helps them transition into adulthood with confidence. By nurturing a positive mindset, we’re not only preparing them for challenges ahead, but we're also inspiring them to dream big, think positively, and make impactful changes.

OUR CORE AREAS

We strive to promote comprehensive adolescent health, growth and development in Uganda and Africa through knowledge dissemination, research, advocacy and affiliation with other societies and bodies involved in adolescent health​​​.

Advocacy

Our Advocacy usually involves getting government, businesses, schools and partners to correct an unfair or harmful situation affecting Adolescents in the community

Research

Our research is based on the need and passion to seek knowledge and create breakthroughs in adolescent health spaces. Informing better processesss and programming.

Policy

We work to ensure all policies and procedures are designed to influence and determine all major decisions and actions, and all activities take place within the boundaries set by them to include and support adolescents.

Promotion

Our aim of promotion is to increase awareness, create interest, generate demand or create quality access to adolescent and youth friendly services and information.

Testimonials

Don’t take our word for it – here’s what our clients say:

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Do you sometimes have the feeling that you’re running into the same obstacles over and over again? Many of my conflicts have the same feel to them.
Joan
Parent
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SAHU has supported us to access services and information through the Friday Adoelscent Clinic at Mulago. Thank you SAHU for the work you do!
Grace and Winnie
Students
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The establishment of SAHU has been the greatest of our work, we see a lot of young people and organizations coming up to improve the service delivery component
Dr Sabrina
SAHU President

Contact us

Level 0, Room 10, Clinical Research Building
Makerere University College of Health Sciences,
New Mulago, Kampala

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