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Uganda

  • Fred, 5 years old, is almost cured. Photo: Birgit Betzelt
    (updated 31.01.2011)

    Project to fight moderate and severe malnutrition in children

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Facts & Figures

 

General information:
Capital: Kampala
Area Size: 236,040 km² – roughly the same size as Britain
Population: 33.8 million

Standard of living:
Average life expectancy: 52.7 years
Infant mortality: 81 per 1,000 live births
Child mortality (children under 5 years): 130.4 per 1,000 live births
Maternal mortality: 435 per 100,000 live births
People living on less than 1.25 US$ per day: 51.53%

Health:
Births attended by skilled personnel: 41.9%
Total prevalence of HIV: 5.4%
Estimated mortality of TB cases: 27 per 100,000 population
Malnutrition (children under 5 years): 3%

(Source: www.alertnet.org)

Malteser International has been working in Uganda since 1996.

The database on this website presents an exemplary range of the projects realised in Uganda.