Key Statistics

HIV and AIDS is the second leading cause of death among adolescents in Uganda, accounting for 300 deaths a day.
UNAIDS, 2014
Children’s right to protection continues to be a critical challenge given that: 8% of children are critically vulnerable and 43% are moderately vulnerable
MoGLSD, 2011 and UBOS, 2014a
Approximately half of pregnant women have access to good-quality antenatal care services and only 57% of babies are delivered in a health facility.
UBOS and ICF International, 2012
Less than half of all districts will meet the national target for access to safe and functioning sanitation facilities.(77% by 2015)
MWE, 2014
About 55% (3.7 million) of Uganda’s under-five children and 38% of 6–17-year-olds are deprived in at least two poverty dimensions.
UNICEF, Levels and trends in Child Mortality, Report 2015
Net enrolment ratio (NER) in primary schools was 93.7% in 2014, for both girls and boys, but secondary school enrolment rates are much lower.
24.1% NER in 2014) (MoESTS, 2014a
There are 17.1 million children below 18 years (over 56% of the population); 11.3% of these are orphans, 8% of children are critically vulnerable, while 43% are moderately vulnerable
MoGLSD, 2011 and UBOS, 2014a
At least 30% of the rural population does not have access to a latrine and more than 70% of households have no soap and water for children to wash their hands, putting them at risk of disease.
MoGLSD et al., 2014
The under-five mortality rate in Uganda has not declined fast enough to meet the country’s Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of 56 per 1,000 live births by the end of 2015 for children under five.
UNICEF, Levels and trends in Child Mortality, Report 2015
The number of AIDS-related deaths in children aged 0–4 years in Uganda decreased by more than 50% from 100,000 between 2000 and 2012, while deaths in adolescents increased from less than 50,000 to over 100,000 during 2000–12.
UNICEF, 2013