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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
MDG
Performance
How vulnerability
affects achieving MDGs
Strategies for reducing
vulnerability to support
achieving MDGs
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 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
• 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
2. Achieve Universal
Primary Education
• 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
• 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
• Restore and maintain
ecosystem health and
services
• Promote renewable energy
technologies that are energy
efficient
3. Promote gender equality
and empower women
• 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
• 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.
• Ensure equitable access to
natural resources by all
• Develop policies that
alleviate violence and sexual
abuse against women
4. Reduce child mortality
• 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
• 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
5. Improve maternal health
• 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
• 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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