The Uganda Atlas

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

MDG

Performance

How vulnerability affects achieving MDGs • The impairment of ecosystem functions inevitably leads to a narrowing of livelihood choices especially for poor people • Disasters like floods affect food security and general human well being like it was with north eastern parts of the country • Dwindling forests and woodland cover leads to scarcity of wood. This means children have to spend more time looking for fuel, which can reduce time and concentration at school • Gender issues like conflicts in land resources management, unequal access to land and resources disempower women • Violence and sexual abuse against women especially in the northern war region makes women vulnerable to diseases, etc. • Indoor air pollution affects women’s health and can make women less fit for childbirth and at greater risk of complications

Strategies for reducing vulnerability to support achieving MDGs • Ensure sound and equitable management of natural resources. • Robust food security programmes especially in northern Uganda • Building the capacity of disaster preparedness and refugees department to deal with the challenges of disaster

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

• Population living below the poverty line reduced from 56% to 31% between 1992 and 2006 • Between 1995 and 2006, the proportion of underweight children reduced from 25.5% to 20.4% • Food calorific intake deficiency increased from 58.7% in 1999 to 68.5% in 2006 • The introduction of UPE in 1997 led to a substantial increase by 132% in gross enrollment from the pre-UPE total of 3.1 million in 1996 to 7.2 million children in 2006 • The affirmative action policy led to an increase in the proportion of females to the total student enrollment by 31% in 1993/94 to 40% in 2002 and up to 42% in 2004 • In the current Parliament, 89 of the 310 members are women, representing 28.7% of the legislative body. This is an improvement from the 18% registered in 1995 • Over the period 1995-2000, maternal mortality stagnated at about 505 deaths per 100,000 live births • To meet the MDG target, Uganda will need to reduce its mortality rate from 505 to 131 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2015 • Over the period 1995-2000, maternal mortality stagnated at about 505 deaths per 100,000 live births • To meet the MDG target, Uganda will need to reduce its mortality rate from 505 to 131 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2015

2. Achieve Universal Primary Education

• Restore and maintain ecosystem health and services

• Promote renewable energy technologies that are energy efficient • Ensure equitable access to natural resources by all • Develop policies that alleviate violence and sexual abuse against women

3. Promote gender equality and empower women

4. Reduce child mortality

• Improve access to efficient energy technologies • Improve air quality and limit exposure to toxic chemicals

5. Improve maternal health

• Indoor air pollution affects women’s health and can make women less fit for childbirth and at greater risk of complications

• Improve access to efficient energy technologies • Improve air quality and limit exposure to toxic chemicals

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