Uganda

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 37.78 million
  • Population under 15 years: 48%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 59 years
  • Human Development Index: 163 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Low income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 7.3%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.9 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 29.5%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 40%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2011

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Paul Harnett,

A technical report on the use of cash and in-kind transfers as a means of alleviating poverty in developing countries. A discussion of both advantages and disadvantages of cash transfers with recommendations for a pilot program for Malawi.

Sayyid Bukenya,

A summary of Ugandan child care and protection policies that have sought to de-institutionalize care, provide family tracing and re-unification, and improve community care.

Consortium for Street Children,

A summary of strategies to prevent the migration of children to the streets as presented at a 1999 conference in Ireland.

International Social Service (ISS),

A set of ethical principles and practice guidelines to protect the welfare of children in domestic and intercountry adoptions.

Parliament of the Republic of Ghana,

The Children's Act of Ghana reforms and consolidates the law relating to children.

Nana Araba Apt, Ebenezer Blavo, Stephen Wilson - Center for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana,

This study was intended to identify existing arrangements surrounding children’s presence in institutional settings, identify legislation that contributes to the institutionalization of children, and make policy recommendations in respect of the opportunities to improve existing arrangements. 

Nana Araba Apt, Ebenezer Blavo, Stephen Wilson - Center for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana,

This document provides background information to a study conducted on the situation of children in institutional homes in Ghana.

Nana Araba Apt, Ebenezer Blavo, Stephen Wilson - Center for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana,

This document provides supplemental information to a study conducted on the situation of children in institutional homes in Ghana.

ISS, ICCB, DCI, and Save the Children Alliance,

Guidance on the importance of preventing family separation and ensuring reintegration with families, communities or country of origin.

Judith S. Rycus, Ronald C. Hughes ,

Web based 4 volume manual on child welfare and social work. The Field Guide covers the fundamental competencies of a family-centered approach to child welfare practice.