Uganda - Minnesota Dept. of Health - Minnesota Department of Health
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UGANDA<br />
SHARTSI K. MUSHERURE<br />
PAMOJA CRAFTWARE , OCTOBER 11, 2011
•East African Landlocked country:<br />
•Kenya (East)<br />
•Sudan (North)<br />
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
•Dem. Rep <strong>of</strong> Congo (West)<br />
•Tanzania (South)
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
•Government: Multiparty Democracy<br />
•Independence Day from England: October<br />
9, 1962<br />
•President: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni<br />
•Ruling Party: National Resistance Movement<br />
Ref: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html)
Total: 241,038 sq km<br />
AREA<br />
Country comparison to the world: 81<br />
Land: 197,100 sq km<br />
Water: 43,938 sq km<br />
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
Ref: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html)
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
•Population: 34,612,250 (July 2011 est.)<br />
•note: estimates for this country explicitly take into<br />
account the effects <strong>of</strong> excess mortality due to AIDS;<br />
this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant<br />
mortality, higher death rates, lower population<br />
growth rates, and changes in the distribution <strong>of</strong><br />
population by age and sex than would otherwise be<br />
expected<br />
•KAMPALA (capital) 1.535 million (2009)<br />
•Life expectancy at birth: 48 years<br />
•Adult literacy rate: 69 percent<br />
Ref: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html)
Age structure<br />
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
• 0-14 years: 49.9% (male 8,692,239/female<br />
8,564,571)<br />
• 15-64 years: 48.1% (male 8,383,548/female<br />
8,255,473)<br />
• 65 years and over: 2.1% (male 291,602/female<br />
424,817) (2011 est.)<br />
Ref: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html)
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Facts<br />
•Maternal mortality rate 430 deaths/100,000 live births<br />
(2008)<br />
•Infant mortality rate (live births) 62.47 per 1000<br />
•Orphans, Children (0-17 yrs) orphaned by AIDS 940,000<br />
•Orphans, Children (0-17) orphaned due to all causes 2<br />
million<br />
Ref: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html)
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
HIV/AIDS<br />
Adult prevalence rate<br />
•6.5% (2009 est.)<br />
•country comparison to the world: 10<br />
People living with HIV/AIDS<br />
•1.2 million (2009 est.)<br />
•country comparison to the world: 8<br />
Deaths<br />
•64,000 (2009 est.)<br />
•country comparison to the world: 8<br />
Ref: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html)
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
FUN FACTS<br />
•<strong>Uganda</strong> is evergreen and landlocked<br />
•<strong>Uganda</strong> has 11% <strong>of</strong> the birds species in the world<br />
•<strong>Uganda</strong> and its neighbor Rwanda are the only countries<br />
with mountain gorillas<br />
•<strong>Uganda</strong>ns top the world in alcohol consumption<br />
•The River Nile begins in <strong>Uganda</strong>
<strong>Uganda</strong> Country Facts<br />
MINNESOTA AND UGANDA<br />
•Land O’Lakes assists with the <strong>Uganda</strong> Diary Cooperation in improving diary<br />
production. http://www.idd.landolakes.com/PROJECTS/Africa/<br />
•<strong>Health</strong>Partners has assisted with the establishment <strong>of</strong> local health cooperatives.<br />
http://www.startribune.com/business/128208078.html<br />
•<strong>Minnesota</strong> International <strong>Health</strong> Volunteers (WellShare) has worked for 28<br />
years in the rural areas <strong>of</strong> western <strong>Uganda</strong> improving health behaviors.<br />
http://www.wellshareinternational.org/where-we-work/around-the-world/uganda<br />
•University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Minnesota</strong> has had a long relationship with Makerere University in<br />
research and other collaborations related to Agriculture and Animal Husbandry<br />
•Many local health and education pr<strong>of</strong>essionals go to <strong>Uganda</strong> annually to<br />
provide care and assistance wherever they can.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest<br />
Mountain Gorillas
LIONESS
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