Situation analySiS

SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTBiRTHS ASSiSTed BY A SkiLLed pROvideRNationally, 58% of births are attended by a skilled health serviceprovider. The Government target is 70%.There was improvement over the decade 2000/01 to 2011 from 39% to 58% at thenational level but it was not equitably spread.Only Kampala (93%) is above the national target. Karamoja has the lowest rate(31%).In rural areas 53% of births are assisted by a skilled provider compared with 89%in urban areas. Three out of five of births (62%) to women with no education werenot attended by a skilled provider compared with one out of five of births (19%)among women with secondary and higher education.More than five in every ten women in the bottom wealth quintile (55%) are notassisted by a skilled health service provider during childbirth; the same ratio is onein ten for women in the highest wealth quintile.Traditional birth attendants are still delivering one in every five babies (18%).One in every five women (19%) in the South-West region give birth withoutanyone providing assistance.distributioN of live births assisted by a skilled provider by backgrouNdcharacteristicsSource: UBOS and Macro International, 2000–01 and 2007; UBOS and ICF International, 2012139