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SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTMeTHOdOLOGYThe selected 43 indicators were grouped under ‘impact’ and relevant children’s rights asfollows:1. Impact Indicators (7)2. The right to an adequate standard of living (1)3. The right to survival and health (28)3.1 Maternal and neonatal health (6)3.2 Child health (9)3.3 HIV and AIDS (4)3.4 Nutrition (6)3.5 Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH, 3)4. The right to education (3)4.1 Early childhood development (1)4.2 Basic education (2)5. The right to protection and identity (4)SUMMARYThe righT To an adequaTe sTandard of livingThis is assessed on the basis of two measures – income-based poverty (whether a household’sincome, structure and number of members placed it below the poverty line) and deprivationbasedpoverty (where a child is deprived in at least two out of seven children’s rightsdimensions – health, water, sanitation, education, shelter and information).Northern and eastern regions have the largest proportion of children living in poverty.The righT To survival and healThSeven impact indicators (e.g. Under-five mortality) and 28 other indicators under maternaland neonatal health (e.g. percentage of women attending four or more antenatal visits duringtheir pregnancy), child health (e.g. percentage of children aged 12–23 months who receivedall basic vaccinations), HIV/AIDS (e.g. percentage of pregnant women receiving ARVs foreMTCT), nutrition (e.g. children aged 6–23 months who receive a minimum acceptable diet)and water, sanitation and hygiene (e.g. households using an improved sanitation facility).Child mortality rates are higher in rural areas and in Karamoja, South-West, West Nileregions.Rural children and children living in Karamoja region are more likely to be stuntedand underweight.Births in Karamoja are the least likely to be assisted by a skilled attendant.Mothers living in rural areas and South-West region, those with no education andthose in the lowest wealth quintile are least likely to get a postnatal check-up.118
SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTChildren living in rural households, East Central region, areas surrounding Kampalaand those born to mothers without an education are least likely to be fully immunised.The use of insecticide-treated nets against malaria is lowest in East Central andSouth-West regions.The use of zinc supplements to treat diarrhoea in under-fives is lowest in rural areas,in Western and Karamoja regions and among mothers with no education.Children living in East Central and Karamoja regions in a household in the lowestwealth quintile or whose mothers have at most primary education are least likely tobe given antibiotics for respiratory infections.Children aged under 15 years who are HIV-positive and living in Karamoja are leastlikely to receive ART.Babies in Karamoja and East Central, and those born into the highest wealth quintile,are more likely to have been breastfed in the first hour.Karamoja and East Central have the highest prevalence of anaemia in children.Less than one household in every 100 in the northern part of the country have ahandwashing facility with soap and water.The righT To educaTionIndicators: access to early childhood development (ECD) facilities and enrolment andretention rates at primary and secondary schools.The net attendance rate of three to five-year-olds in pre-primary schools is lowestfor children living in rural areas, in West Nile, Karamoja and North regions, and inhouseholds in the lowest wealth quintile.Secondary school attendance rates are lowest in Karamoja and North regions and inrural areas.The righT To proTecTion and an idenTiTyIndicators: birth registration rates, early pregnancy, and physical or sexual violence againstgirls and women.Karamoja, South-West, West Nile and Western regions have the lowest birthregistration rates.Teenage girls born to mothers with no education and in households in the lowestquintile are more likely to start child bearing early.Women living in the Eastern, North and East Central regions are most likely to haverecently experienced physical or sexual violence.The following pages provide a detailed analysis of equity patterns across Uganda.119
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