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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Hikaru Kusakabe - Osaka Human Sciences,

The purpose of this study was to investigate how orphans in secondary schools, especially those in the low-income class in society, manage to continue their education.

Matt Woolgar, Carmen Pinto and Olivia Tomaselli, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust,

This Briefing Note adds to the developing picture of adoption support issues by analysing data on 20 children and young people consecutively referred to the special adoption and fostering service at the Maudsley – a wellrespected and established national CAMHS service.

Glynis Clacherty,

This case study tells the story of a child protection programme developed by a community-based organisation called Children of the World that works in villages in northern Uganda.

Raluca Malvina Stanciu - Euromentor,

The paper aims to analyze the situation of children of Romanian migrants left at home in the care of a parent or other guardian (with or without legal forms).

Priyanka, Dr. Ashok Parasar, Dr. Roshan Lal Dewangan - International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research,

The aim of the current study was to find out level of self-esteem and of depression in adolescents living in orphanage home and to see the differences in self-esteem and depression level in orphan children and children living with parents.

Jenny Mwanza, Kristen Brugh, Lisa Parker, Erin Schelar (USAID), and Amy Aberra (USAID),

This webinar focused on explaining the HIV Risk Assessment cascade and how it is related to OVC_HIVSTAT disaggregates.

M Magampa, T Sodi and K Sobane - Human Sciences Research Council,

This policy brief draws from the findings of a study which investigated the academic performance of orphaned learners aged between eight and ten years from ten public primary schools in Mankweng Circuit of Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Opening Doors for Europe's Children,

This publication from Opening Doors for Europe's Children calls upon the EU to maintain, strengthen and expand the use of funds so they make a greater impact and go further to eliminate institutions for children across Europe and beyond.

Alice Lucas, Marta Welander - Refugee Rights Europe,

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Melissa Hardesty - Social Service Review,

This ethnographic study of a foster care adoption program shows how board payments elicit commodification anxiety at this local site, and in American culture more broadly.