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Uganda now tops the list of countries in theregion with the
largest number of un-immunized
(DPT3) children. In 2010, over 540,000 childrenwerent immunized,
representing a 14% increasein un-immunized children since 2009.
Frequent drug stock-outs: 79% of health centresstocked out of
essential drugs in 2010.
The health sector received only 9.6% ofUgandas national budget
in 2010, compared tothe target of 15%.
Return of internally displaced populations inthe northern region
challenged service deliverythere.
Climate and environment-linked conditions,including disease
outbreaks, challenged servicedelivery.
Human Resources for Health: 56% of posts arelled in the health
sector, and there is a 43% rateof absenteeism.
Training and Materials:
Skills enhancement to10,222 teachers1,353 education personnel431
schoolmanagement committee members
Over 25,000 Thematic Curriculum materialsin local languages
disseminated, and morethan 15,800 HIV/AIDS policy guidelines
booksprovided to teachers
Child-friendly Schools and Basic RequirementsMinimum Standards
(BRMS) disseminated toall primary schools, and coaching
mentoringprogramme for BRMS implementation begunin 4 primary
teachers colleges
3,700 primary school health club memberstrained in hygiene
promotion and monitoring
Over 10,000 Head teachers trained in schoolmanagement
Handbook for Operation and Managementof School Water, Sanitation
and Hygienedeveloped
Further Support
UNICEF Uganda worked in 2010 to strengthen the supply chain
system for essentialdrugs.
Advocacy for increased funding for children: UNICEF in 2010
continued towork as an advocate for increased national health
nancing for children.
UNICEF continues to work with the Government to strengthen the
nationalcoordinated humanitarian response to emergencies, which in
2010 includedtraining ofcials in districts at high risk for cholera
to respond to potentialemergency situations in light of recent
outbreaks of the infection.
UNICEF also provided support to improve the health service
delivery system,along with the development of a Health Sector S
trategic and Investment Plan(2010/11-2014/15) and a Second National
Health Policy.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
UNICEF + Handwashing: In 2010, over 2,800 handwashing
ambassadors weretrained and equipped to promote handwashing with
soap at the householdlevel, reaching over 1 million people
Rural households with access to an improved latrine 68% to
70%
UNICEF Uganda WASH continues to strengthen its partnership with
communities,the Government, civil society, the private sector and
other partners
National hand-washing campaign supported: Handwashing with soap
after
using the toilet improved 14% to 22% in 4 years.
When a 2010 landslide in Bududa district in the east killed 300
people anddisplaced thousands from their homes, UNICEF responded
with life-savinginterventions within the rst 72 hours, limiting the
incidence of water andsanitation-related illnesses for the 5,000
displaced persons living in the camp,as well as 5,000 living with
host families.
2010 budget -- USD 23,007,955 (USD 9,169,018 RR; USD 8,370,670
ORR; USD 5,468,267 ORE]
2011 budget -- USD 25,482,680 (USD 9,554,680 RR; USD 15,928,000
OR)
2011 Funding gap (as of July 2011): -- USD 13,923,991 (USD
15,928,000 (2011 budget OR) - USD 2,004,009 (new funds))
KEY: RR - Regular Resources ORR - Other Resources - Regular ORE
- Other Resources - Emergency
2010 budget -- USD 11,793,076 (USD 4,843,496 RR; USD 3,526,789
ORR; USD 3,422,791 ORE]
2011 Budget -- USD 9,243,276 (USD 4,084,991 RR; USD 5,158,285
OR)
2011 Funding gap (as of July 2011): -- USD 2,436,756 (USD
5,158,285 (2011 budget OR) - USD 2,721,529 (new funds))
2010 budget -- 2010 Budget USD 5,960,548 [USD 2,614,605 RR; USD
1,866,626 ORR; USD 1,479,316 ORE]2011 Budget -- USD 6,675,416 (USD
3,062,276 RR; USD 3,613,140 OR)
2011 Funding gap (as of July 2011): -- USD 196,721 (USD
3,613,140 (2011 budget OR) - USD 3,809,861 (new funds))
Primary Healthcare and Nutrition
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HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control
Birth
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Preventingand
Respondingto
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StrengtheningC
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ProtectionPolicies
andPlanning
Challenges
Challenges
Girls Education Movement (GEM) Early Childhood Development
(ECD)
Further
Support
Children with severe acute malnutrition given life-saving
treatment11,178 Children sleeping under mosquito nets 9.6% to 33%
Village Health Team (VHT) workers trained and equipped18,460
Antenatal care coverage in Karamoja sub-region 13% to 24%
A UNICEF-led polio i mmunization campaign reached 3 million
childrenunderveyearsoldwithtwodosesofvaccine.
Nutrition surveillance system is piloted in Karamoja
sub-region.
Primary School Improvements
Net Intake Rate
59.0% to 72.7% (73.4% girls; 72.7% boys) Net Enrolment Rate
93.0% to 96.1% (96.5% girls; 96% boys) Primary School Completion
Rate 51% to 54%
(51% girls; 56% boys)
Competency in literacy in P3 55.9% to 60.9%(61.3% girls; 60.4%
boys)
Competency in literacy in P6 48.1% to 50.5%(51.1% girls; 49.8%
boys)
Competency in numeracy in P3 71.3% to 72.7%(71.1% girls; 75%
boys)
Competency in numeracy in P6 53.3% to 55.4%(49.5% girls; 59.9%
boys)
Pregnant women with HIV receiving Anti Retro Viralsfor
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
in focus districts 50% to 53%
Children under ve years old with HIV started on Anti
Retro Viral therapy in focus districts 20% to 26%
Pregnant women testing for HIV in focus districts 75% to 80%
Limited capacity at national and district levels for data
collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting on childprotection
issues.
Lack of reliable data on vulnerable children and women in
Uganda.
Lack of a nation-wide free telephone exchange number poses a
constraint to expanding a nationwide child help-line.
Juvenile justice system lacks separate detention spaces for
children in contact with the law, and relatively lownumber of
magistrates poses a challenge to handling juvenile cases
expeditiously.
Number of students GEM activities reached14,451Number of
students GEM brought back to school (former dropouts)2,826GEM
established as an NGO, helping to raise its prole and increaseits
sustainability.
1,835 ECD caregivers given skills-enhancement training.
ECD policy guidelines completed and distributed to 112
districts.
485 parish chiefs trained in the collecti on of ECD data
fromcommunity-based ECD centres.
Emergency Coordination: 107 district personnel in Karamoja and
Western Uganda trained in emergency response, andemergency
contingency plans developed an effort covering over 80% of UNICEF
districts of emphasis, and strengthening theemergency preparedness
and response for the Education Sector.
Communication for Development and Child Participation: Support
leading to 28 interactive radio talk shows, thecreation of 46
jingles, and 260 community meetings held for 13,295 participants.
Child participation strengthened through aNational Music, Dance and
Drama effort to enhance inclusion and moti vation of over 2,100
students.
Innovation: 13 digital doorways (solar-powered and free-to-use
computer ki osks) installed in Youth Centres and PrimaryTeacher
Colleges.
UNICEF spearheaded the introducon of
Integrated Community Case Management
(iCCM) and the re-vitalizaon of the
Village Health Teams naonally. iCCM is
expanding and improving the diagnosis and
treatment in the case management of thetop three killers of
children under ve
malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea at the
community level.
At the district level, there was a low capacity to develop and
implement Disaster Risk Reduction systems andstrategies.
Lack of an overall cross-sectoral strategy for Early Childhood
Development and the holistic development of a child.
Low functionality of reporting systems relating to violence and
abuse in schools.
ALIVE LEARNING
SAFE
2010 FUNDING | RESULTS | CHALLENGES
Challenges
In 2010, UNICEF initiated and facilitated a public-private
sector partnership between the UgandaRegistration Service Bureau
and t he Uganda Telecom Company, resulting in the developmentand
piloting of a mobilephoneandweb-basedbirthregistrationsystem. By
usingMobileVRS and engaging with community-level notiers, UNICEF
aims to increase the amountof children under ve who are registered
from the current low rate of 21 per cent to 80 per centby 2014.
Child victims of violence and exploitation identied in all
districts of emphasis 13,009 and79% of whom accessed child
protective services (over half are girls).
In Western Region, UNICEF supported the authorities in 4 more
districts of emphasis to ensurethat children are registered at
birth, and to identify and provide psychosocial support to
orphansand vulnerable children.
UNICEF provided support for operations and technical assessment
of two Child Help Lines toinform national expansion of the
programme, as well as to build a case management system.
UNICEF assistance in 2010 enabled Ugandas Ministry of Gender,
Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) to draft a nation-al
strategic plan for orphans and other vulnerable children, as well
as introduce a web-based management and informationsystem that was
rolled out in 81% of the countrys districts. In addition, SAFE
helped draft and launch the Expanding Social
Protection programme; formulate amendments to the Child Act
aimed at addressing loopholes; and employ communica-tion strategies
to raise awareness of child rights issues like Female Genital
Mutilation/Cutting, migration and children livingon the street.
This effort also aims to increase demand for child protection
services.
Through concerted advocacy, ve core juvenile justi ce indicators
were successfully i ntegrated within the monitoring andevaluation
framework of Ugandas Justice, Law and Order sector.
UNICEF support led to the Repatriation and Family Reunication of
233 w omen and children recovered from exploitativelabour; and 83
children and women who were rescued or escaped from t he Lords
Resistance Army.
UNICEF led the development and dissemination of the Child
Protection Recovery Strategy for Northern Uganda 2009/2011,and
supported the inclusion of child protection emergency response
plans of nine districts in northern Uganda and Kar-amoja
sub-region. In these districts, 160 people were trained in child
protection emergency preparedness and response.
Note:All numbers in this Statement expressed as x to y refect
the change in value between 2009 (x) and 2010 (y)In 2010 UNICEF
contributed signicantly to the development ofkey Ministry of
Education and Sports (MoES) national policiesand guidelines. A
Gender in Education Policy was nalized andlaunched, a Basic
Education Policy for Disadvantaged Children wasdeveloped, and a
Safe Schools Handbook was rolled out nationally,with all
Coordinating Centre Tutors and inspectors trained.
Innovation
UNICEF Uganda and partnersworked to develop and testa Rapid
Family Tracing &Reunication System (called RapidFTR) that uses
mobile phones forrapid registration of separated andunaccompanied
minors, especiallydesigned for emergency situationsand refugees.
The relevantdetails (name of child, a photo,home village, etc) can
be quicklycompiled into a web-baseddatabase shared by
multiplepartners in the eld, therebymaking it easier to reunite
children
with their families.
