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
Highlighted Documents
Uganda Country Brief on Children's Living Arrangements
Snapshot of Children's Living Arrangements
Uganda Country Care Review

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Childhood in Africa: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Volume 4 . Issue 1, Spring 2017 )
The Institute for the African Child, Ohio University,

This issue of Childhood in Africa includes several articles related to children's care, including 'Embedding social justice in Ugandan adoption and legal guardianship cases' and 'The care and support of vulnerable children by foster care families in Uganda: Lessons in social justice and social protection.' 

Estimating Numbers of Orphans and Vulnerable Children – A Test of Regression Modeling
Paul Brodish, Zulfiya Charyeva, Karen Foreit - MEASURE Evaluation,

This study expands on an earlier study that reported a tight linear fit between national adult HIV prevalence and the percentage of children living in a household with at least one HIV-positive adult. The authors extended this analysis to all existing DHS data sets with HIV testing, to determine the feasibility of using regression modeling to estimate the size of two priority groups: (1) children living with at least one adult who is HIV-positive, and (2) orphans and coresident children living with at least one adult who is HIV-positive. 

What is known about the placement and outcomes of siblings in foster care?
Sarah Meakings, Judy Sebba and Nikki Luke - Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, University of Oxford,

This review of the international research examines what is known about the placement of siblings in foster care.

Preventing Household Violence: Promising Strategies for Humanitarian Settings
Khudejha Asghar, Beth Rubenstein and Lindsay Stark - Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, CPC Learning Network, UNICEF,

This report presents and reviews 43 interventions addressing household violence within the context of humanitarian emergencies, including a range of programs focused on parenting education and support and economic strengthening. 

Integrating Case Management for Vulnerable Children A process guide for assessing and developing an integrated case management system in Eastern and Southern Africa
Maestral International, UNICEF,

This guide is aimed at informing policy makers and programme managers working across Eastern and Southern Africa to implement an integrated case management approach to practice with vulnerable children and their families. 

“They Need to Give Us a Voice”: Lessons from Listening to Unaccompanied Central American and Mexican Children on Helping Children Like Themselves
Susan Schmidt - Journal on Migration and Human Security,

This article analyzes the responses of Central American and Mexican migrant children to one interview question regarding how to help youth like themselves, and identifies several implied “no-win” situations as potential reasons for the migration decisions of unaccompanied children.

Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement
Steven Marans & Hilary Hahn - Yale Medicine Child Study Center (Primary Authors) ,

This new toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with or without a mental health partner). This toolkit contains tools targeted to police leaders and frontline officers.

“When Will I Get to Go Home?” Abuses and Discrimination against Children in Institutions and Lack of Access to Quality Inclusive Education in Armenia
Human Rights Watch,

This report is based on Human Rights Watch visits to five state-run orphanages and ten state-run schools, including six special schools and four mainstream schools, and interviews with 173 people, in eight cities in Armenia. 

Supporting children and families affected by a family member’s offending – A Practitioner’s Guide
Lindsay Sutherland and Polly Wright - Barnardo's, i-HOP, Department for Education,

The aim of this guide is to enable practitioners to support children affected by a family member’s offending within a whole family approach.

Child sexual exploitation Definition & Guide for Professionals: Extended text
Beckett, H. (lead author), Holmes, D. and Walker, J. - University of Bedfordshire, The International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking, & Research in Practice ,

The document outlines the new civil definition of child sexual exploitation, developed by the Home Office and DfE, together with an overview of our current understanding of the issue and an evidence-informed set of principles for responding.