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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Elena Bogdanova - The Journal of Social Policy Studies,

This article examines how Russian SOS Villages are undergoing foster reform, which prescribes a transition from institutional care for children deprived of parental care to family care model. 

American Youth Policy Forum,

This brief is a compilation of lessons learned from American Youth Policy Forum's (AYPF) last two years of work focused specifically on systems-involved youth.

Cinzia Canali, Joyce Lai Chong Ma and Tiziano Vecchiato - Emanuela Zancan Foundation, University of Hong Kong and the International Association for Outcome-Based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children's Services,

This book is composed of a series of extended abstracts relevant to the evaluation and research of family and children's services in various contexts. 

Kelley Bunkers & Tom Ventimiglia - 4Children/CRS,

This guide has been written in order to assist OVC program personnel to understand key terms and concepts used in the Site Improvement Monitoring System (SIMS) Community Tool, specifically the section on case management services for OVC.

Health Information and Standards Directorate ,

Ireland's Health Information and Standards Directorate has launched a public consultation on the Draft National Standards on Children's Residential Care. Once finalized, the Standards will provide a framework for the ongoing development of child-centred and effective services for children living in residential care centres. This document contains the preceding Draft Standards, eligible for feedback through 02 November 2017. 

Meeri Kim - BOLD,

In this interview, neuroscientist Nim Tottenham discusses the impact of institutional caregiving on children's development. 

Charles Bruner - Academic Pediatrics ,

Drawing upon census data, this report shows that place, race, and poverty are intertwined concepts with particular implications for young children.

Jessica Sabano - Daily Monitor,

An inspection of children's homes in the Mukono Municipality of Uganda revealed that most were not meeting minimum standards; in response, municipality leaders have suspended the registration of new children's homes and orphanages in the area. 

Catholic Relief Services,

 

CRS is seeking a Project Director (PD) to ensure timely and quality program design, startup, implementation and management of the 4Children program in Haiti. 

Philip D. Jaffé & Snejana Sulima - The Center of Research in Child-Parent Interaction (CICOP) ,

This special issue of the journal Today's Children are Tomorrow's Parents explores the issue of children deprived of liberty, or the detention of children, around the globe from the perspective of experts from various disciplines.