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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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