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SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTAppendix 2:STATiSTiCAL ABSTRACTSiTUATiOn AnALYSiS OF CHiLdRen in UGAndA 2015For children, equity refers to the equal opportunity to survive, develop and reach theirfull potential without discrimination, bias or favouritism, including children in the mostdisadvantaged segments of society. This appendix provides a statistical overview of someof the inequities that affect the wellbeing of children in Uganda. The aim is to identifykey priority areas of intervention in the national development agenda to influence moreequitable programming, policy advocacy and research initiatives aimed at improving thelives of all children in Uganda.In order to get the actual numbers of individuals who have not been reached by a service, theUganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and UNICEF went beyond the averages that the indicatorsgive us. For example, for each region or district (depending on the level of disaggregation of theavailable data) as well as at national level, calculations were made of the number of pregnantwomen who did not attend a fourth antenatal visit or receive a second dose of intermittentpreventive treatment for malaria; or in the case of children, the number of children who didnot receive all basic vaccinations or who did not get malaria treatment the same or next dayafter onset of symptoms.In addition to providing the size of each gap in service delivery (numbers of individualsnot receiving a service), the analysis demonstrates that the biggest numbers of unreachedpeople are not always living within the poorest performing indicator areas – althoughthere are overlaps for some indicators. This is because the population of the age group foreach indicator naturally contributes to the gap size leading to regions/districts with lowpopulation sizes and poor performance indicator levels having low gap numbers comparedto regions/districts with high population sizes. The results provide evidence that fordevelopment programmes to effectively take positive action that enhances the fulfilmentof children’s rights, development resources should be focused on both geographical areaswith poorest performing indicator levels and also those with the highest numbers of peoplewhom service delivery has not reached.The appendix covers the demographic profile of the country’s children – their right to anadequate standard of living, in relation to the right to survival and health; the right to education;and the right to protection and an identity. Most of the data is derived from the 2011 UgandaDemographic and Health Survey (UDHS) (UBOS and ICF International, 2012), the 2012/13Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) (UBOS, 2014a), and sector databases and reports.Information on the indicators, which cover the full spectrum of a child’s continuum of careand development, was compiled for each region and used to estimate the number of childrenwho are not receiving the service represented by each indicator. All the selected indicatorsare sourced from lists of priority indicators of the strategic planning documents of the publicinstitutions responsible for each area of service delivery.The raw data file can be accessed at the following URL: http://catalog.data.ug/dataset/sitan-children-uganda-2015-statistical-abstract117