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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Yashoda Upreti - RISE Learning Network,

In this webinar from RISE Learning Network, the speaker, Yashoda Upreti shares how Terre des Hommes in Nepal has implemented a case management program.

Jessica Serrano, Julia M. Crouch, Katie Albertson, Kym R. Ahrens - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study explored stakeholder perceptions of barriers and facilitators to conversations about sexual health between foster/kinship caregivers and youth in foster care, with the goal of developing a brief, scalable sexual health training for caregivers.

Delores E. McNair & Stacy Heldman‐Holguin - New Directions for Community Colleges,

This issue of the New Directions for Community Colleges journal is focused on higher education opportunities for foster youth.

Helen-Louise Usher , Ryan Mills, Perrin Moss, Frank Tracey - International Journal of Integrated Care,

This presentation describes the progress of the "Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care Innovation Fund Integrated Care " project currently being undertaken by Children's Health Queensland.

News Agency of Nigeria,

The government of Nigeria is being called on to pass a bill to help put an end to the use of "baby factories" in the country, according to this article from the News Agency of Nigeria.

Amanda Holpuch - The Guardian,

According to this article from the Guardian, the US government has separated 429 asylum-seeking families in the past two years.

CRS, 4Children Project,

This brief of referral mechanisms within the context of OVC programs describes the different types of referral mechanisms and describes key components of setting up a functioning referral system.

4Children, Catholic Relief Services,

This case study is one in a series of case studies highlighting different aspects of a case management system and referral mechanisms utilized by OVC programs. The case study presents a program in Mozambique that could be identified as a hub and spoke model of referral mechanism.

Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children), Catholic Relief Services,

This case study is one in a series of case studies highlighting different aspects of a case management system and referral mechanisms utilized by OVC programs. The case study looks at the work of the Children in Distress Network (CINDI) in the uMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal Province (KZN) of South Africa.

Forber-Pratt Ian Anand, Bhandakkar Bhagyashri, Sharma Rajesh, Dattani Maya, Prasad Leena - Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond,

This article is an analysis of a State sponsored scheme in Rajasthan, the Palanhar Yojana, which has been successful in demonstrating the success of the scheme as an instrument of family strengthening.