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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Oyindamola B Yusuf, Temitayo Odusote, Olusanmi Iyabode, Joanna Nwosu, Tessie Phillips–Ononye, Ayo S Adebowale, Elijah A Bamgboye - African Population Studies,

This study determined the socio-economic status of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in relation to service areas in Lagos Nigeria.

Georgina Ramsay - PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review,

This article focuses on the experiences of women who have been resettled in Australia as refugees from Africa, and who have, upon their resettlement, had their children forcibly removed from their care as a result of concerns over child protection. 

UNICEF Moldova,

This document represents the “Evaluation of Government of Moldova - UNICEF 2013-2017 Country Programme of Cooperation (CPC)”. The evaluation was conducted between August 2016 and February 2017. 

Garet Fryar, Elizabeth Jordan & Kerry DeVooght - Child Trends,

Child Trends conducted a national survey of state independent living coordinators (Survey on Services and Supports for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care). 

Tatiana Dnestrean, Svetlana Rîjicova, & Stela Grigoraș - Partnerships for Every Child, Advancing Partners and Communities,

This guide represents a methodological support that describes the procedures for the provision, organization and operation of the Family Support Service.

Svetlana Rîjicova & Stela Grigoraș - Partnerships for Every Child, Government of the Republic of Moldova & Advancing Partners and Communities,

This guide is designed for social workers employed in the social services addressed to families and children in Moldova. In this version, the case management methodology focuses on family strengthening and the development of family’s competences, with the ultimate aim of achieving every child’s well-being. 

Theodore P. Cross & Irit Hershkowitz - Psychology, Public Policy, and Law,

This article reviews the contribution of psychology to knowledge on child protection and suggests opportunities for psychology to contribute more.

Usama El-Awad, Atefeh Fathi, Franz Petermann and Tilman Reinelt - Brain Sciences ,

This article explores the mental health outcomes for unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) and offers recommendations for improving psychological wellbeing.

Hannah Bradby, Kristin Liabo, Anne Ingold, Helen Roberts - Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine,

Young unaccompanied asylum seekers have been portrayed as vulnerable, resilient or both. Those granted residency in Europe are offered support by health and social care systems, but once they leave the care system to make independent lives, what part can these services play?

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,

This bulletin presents previously unpublished Australian national trends in the number and rate of children admitted to out-of-home-care by age and Indigenous status, from 2011–12 to 2015–16.