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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Joy Gabrielli, Yo Jackson, Shaquanna Brown,

The present study offers examination of the association between severity and chronicity of maltreatment history and SU in youth in foster care. 

Megan Song McHenry, MD, Winstone M. Nyandiko, MBChB, MMed, MPH, Michael L. Scanlon, MPH, Lydia J. Fischer, BA, Carole I. McAteer, MS, Josephine Aluoch, BA, Violet Naanyu, PhD, Rachel C. Vreeman, MD, MS - Journal of International Providers of AIDS Care,

Stigma shapes all aspects of HIV prevention and treatment, yet there are limited data on how HIV-infected youth and their families are affected by stigma in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Megan Reuther - WHOtv.com,

This story from WHOtv.com features Ruth and Buckel, a couple from Story City, Iowa who adopted 19 teenagers over the course of their relationship.

Liz Walsh - The Advrertiser,

This is an article from The Advertiser stating that same sex couples will be given the right to adopt a child in South Australia if a Bill amending the state's adoption law is passed.

On the margins of the UN General Assembly, on 20 September 2016, the United States President Obama hosted the Leaders' Summit on Refugees, alongside co-hosts Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Jordan, Mexico and Sweden. 

Clive Coleman - BBC,

This article from the BBC states that foster care workers vote to form first foster care workers union.

Jonathan C. Huefner, Gail L. Smith, Jay L. Ringle, Amy L. Stevens, W. Alex Mason, Gilbert R. Parra - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

High levels of psychotropic medication use and polypharmacy are common for emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth entering residential care.

Priscilla Alvarez - The Atlantic,

This article from the Atlantic provides historical context behind President Obama's current push for refugee support.

United Nations General Assembly, high-level meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants,

The New York Declaration is the outcome document of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants, held in New York on the 19th September 2016.

United Nations,

This is a press release from United Nations stating that world leaders joined to adopt New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.