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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Tracy Carpenter-Aeby, Victor G Aeby, Amy Cooper, Crystal Kellam and Lacy Salter - ACTA PSYCHOPATHOLOGICA,

The purpose of this systematic literature review is to determine the number of articles and provide a summary of the academic needs of youth in foster care, to explore the barriers those children and caregivers face within the educational system and to highlight to successful interventions. 

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of Cyprus’s periodic report to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Save the Children International,

This handbook consolidates learning garnered from Save the Children's experience of setting up, managing and investing in the Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) programme in South Sudan in order to contribute to the strengthening of Save the Children’s approach to FTR in sudden onset of emergencies where Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) programmes need to respond to large scale family separations. 

Fairstart Foundation,

There is a growing need in the foster care field for high-quality and low-cost foster parent education to improve the living conditions of children placed in foster care. To meet this global challenge, Fairstart Foundation will launch a new international online foster care instructor education in January 2018. 

UN Office of the SRSG on Violence against Children,

This publication is inspired by personal stories and inspiring messages that capture achievements in child protection around the world.

Olivia Lang & Kevin McGregor - 100 Women: BBC News,

This BBC 100 Women video features Indira Ranamagar, who ensures Nepali children whose mothers are incarcerated receive safe homes, care and education. 

Lisa Dickens - Child & Family Social Work,

This article describes the 1‐year outcomes of youth transitioning out of a residential care facility in South Africa.

Lisa Dickens - Child & Family Social Work,

This article describes the 1‐year outcomes of youth transitioning out of a residential care facility in South Africa.

Thomas Meysen & Liz Kelly - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper explores practical and ethical dilemmas for professionals when securing the protection of children in the complex non‐clinical setting of individual families.

Better Care Network & Child's i Foundation,

In this video, social worker Diana Nyakarungi describes how Ekisa Ministries in Jinja, Uganda supports parents to care for their children with special needs within the community.