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UGANDA

UGANDA. THE PEARL OF AFRICA. MAJOR INDICATORS. POPULATION OF 27 MILLION PEOPLE 56% ARE CHILDREN BELOW 18 YEARS 12% LIVE IN URBAN AREAS GDP OF 6.4 BILLION DOLLAR LITERACY RATE 68% 77% SUBSIDE BY AGRICULTURE / UNIMPLOYED. MAJOR INDICATORS. 8% HAVE ELECTRICITY 5% HAVE TV SET

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UGANDA

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  1. UGANDA • THE PEARL OF AFRICA

  2. MAJOR INDICATORS • POPULATION OF 27 MILLION PEOPLE • 56% ARE CHILDREN BELOW 18 YEARS • 12% LIVE IN URBAN AREAS • GDP OF 6.4 BILLION DOLLAR • LITERACY RATE 68% • 77% SUBSIDE BY AGRICULTURE / UNIMPLOYED

  3. MAJOR INDICATORS • 8% HAVE ELECTRICITY • 5% HAVE TV SET • 48% HAVE RADIO • 49% WORD OF MOUTH AS MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION • AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE 5 PERSONS • PERCAPITA INCOME $300.00

  4. MAJOR INDICATORS • UGANDA HAS THE BIGGEST FRESH WATER LAKE-L.VICTORIA • THE SOURCE OF THE LONGEST RIVER IN AFRICA-R.NILE • HAS FERTILE SOILS • STABLE GOVERNMENT • GOOD CLIMATE • LOTS OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

  5. CHURCH INDICATORS • 85% CHRISTIAN • 30% BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS • UGANDA HAS THE FASTEST GROWING CHURCH IN AFRICA • NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF BORN AGAIN CHURCHES HAS GROWN FROM 120 CHURCHES IN 1990 TO OVER 15,000 NOW • 80% OF NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMES FROM MISSION GROUPS IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE

  6. BURDEN OF DISEASES

  7. Health indicators Indicator Figures Life expectancy at birth 42 years Infant mortality rate increasing 97/1000 Probability of death before 5 years 14.3% Under-five mortality rate 147/1000 Total fertility rate(birth per woman) 6.9 Maternal Mortality Rate 506/1000 Population per hospital bed 870 Contraceptive use 15% Population Growth Rate 3.3% Deaths caused by preventable diseases 75% Malaria 15.4% Respiratory Infections 10.5% Prenatal Conditions 20% Diarrhea 8.4% Aids 9.1%

  8. Disease burden • Maternal conditions 20% • Malaria 15.4% • Respiratory tract infections 10.5% • HIV/AIDS 9.1% • Diarrhea 8.4%. • Over 38% of under 5 years are stunted and 25% are underweight and 5% wasted

  9. Health indicators • Over 1.5 million people are HIV positive of which 0.9 million have full blown AIDS. • The majority of those who are affected with HIV/AIDS disease in Uganda unfortunately are within the bracket of 15 to 40 years, which is where the majority of the labor force come from. • Women form the majority of people affected by HIV. • The prevalence of HIV has gone down from 30% in 1990 to 9% in 1999 and 6.5% in 2003 due to ABC approach by Government.

  10. Medical Services • The Doctor- Patient ratio 1:18,700 • Total Health work force 18,102 • Medical specialists 269 • 57 State hospitals, 44 NGO hospitals and 5 private hospitals (most of which are poor equipped or not equipped at all). • Only 49% of households in Uganda have access to health care facilities

  11. BITING POVERTY MICROFINANCE PROJECT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOL PROJECT REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR THE WAR/AIDS AFFECTED PEOPLE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING MEDICAL FACILITIES MOBILE HOSPITAL CULTURAL CENTER LIFE CENTERS

  12. BUSINESS EXPORT INCLUDING CRAFTS, AFRICAN WEAR, FRUITS, COFFEE INVESTMENT IN AGROBASED INDUSTRIES E.G. BEEF, FRUIT JUICE PROCESSING AND MINING OPPORTUNITIES

  13. H.E.L.P. MINISTRIES BISHOP RICHARD FENNER 66733 CR 652 MATTAWAN, MI 49071,USA 866-668-7729 DR. ABED BWANIKA CHRIST WITNESS CHURCH P.O BOX 25765 KAMPALA, UGANDA 256-75-650917 CONTACT

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