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Table 1 An overview of GUSO programme activities

From: Young people’s choice and voice concerning sex and relationships: effects of the multicomponent Get Up Speak Out! Programme in Iganga, Uganda

The GUSO programme used the multicomponent systems approach whereby the provision of SRHR information and education was linked to increasing quality and youth-friendly SRH services and at creating an enabling and supportive environment [19]. Interventions under the GUSO programme included, amongst others, the following:

- SRHR and CSE training of peer educators and teachers

- Provision of CSE in- and out of school

- Online SRHR information provision and campaigns on various platforms and social media

- Intergenerational dialogues on SRHR in communities, attended by community leaders, religious leaders, parents and young people

- Advocacy on local, district and national level to implement SRHR policies and laws

- Training of services providers and peers on youth-friendly services

- Referrals of young people to SRH services and the provision of these services

- Youth-led social accountability activities to hold community and service providers accountable