Important Highlights

Millennium Development Goals Annex A:

Summary table of MDG indicators for Uganda
Ugandas overarching goal is to become modern and prosperous country by the middle of the century, as
reflected in the Vision 2040.

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

a. Indicator1.1: Proportion of population below national poverty line
i. The national poverty head count declined from 56.4% in 1992/93 to 24.5% in
2009/10. Due to this progress, the general perception of who is poor has also
changed to reflect a demand for opportunities rather than absolute deprivation.
2. Achieve universal primary education.
a. Indicator2.2: Gross primary completion rate (Boys/Girls)
i. Universal Primary Education (UPE) introduced in 1997 dramatically increased
primary school enrolment and continues to reduce inequalities in access to
education relation to gender, income and location. Target 2.A Ensure that, by 2015,
children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of
primary schoolingStatus of progress=Slow. The On-time completion rate (refers to
the proportion of 13 year olds who have at least completed P7) for Boys in 2010
was 5% and for Girls in 2010 was 3%.
3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
a. Indicator3. 3: Proportion of seats held by women in Parliament
i. The share of women in parliament in creased from 18% in 200 to 35% in 2012,
rising well above the international average (20%). This progress was largely
sustained by a quote system whereby each district elects one woman
representative112 of the current 130 women MPs were elected in this manner. In
2011 a woman was elected Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament for the first time. In
the current cabinet, women hold more than a third of senior ministerial portfolios,
including finance, health and education.
4. Reduce child mortality.
a. Indicator4.2: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

i. Infant mortality has followed a similar trend as Under-five mortality rate. But
Uganda will have to sustain the current rapid rate (current annual reduction of
8.1%) to achieve the 2015 target.
5. Improve maternal health.
a. Indicator5.1: Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)
i. In spite of the progress Uganda has made toward achieving this goal, there has been
no statistically significant change in the maternal mortality ratio, and Uganda is
unlikely to meet the MDG target to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three
quarters.
b. Indicator5.2: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
i. Between 2006 and 2011 there was a large increase in the proportion of births
assisted by a trained health worker, from 42% to 58%. This marked improvement
over the past trend has occurred across all regions of the country including hard-toreach rural areas.
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
a. Indicator6.5: Proportion of the population with advanced HIV infection with access to
antiretroviral drugs
i. The share of the population with advanced HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy
(ART) increased from 44% in 2008 to 62% in 2012. This progress prompted the
Ministry of Health to expand ART eligibility in 2011Under the new criteria adults
with HIV can initiate treatment much earlier, while all children below two years of
age and TB sufferers are automatically eligible.
7. Ensure environmental sustainability.
a. Indicator7.8: Proportion of population using an improved drinking water source
(Urban/Rural)

i. Target 7.CHalve, by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to

safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Access to safe drinking water is critical for
health, human dignity and economic productivity. The proportion of the Ugandan
population with access to improved drinking water sources has increased
significantly from 52% in 2001/02 to 70% in 2011. Although a higher share of
urban population has access to safe water, the progress made over the last decade
has been driven by greater access among the large majority of Ugandans living in
rural areas, the result of high levels of investment in the sector by Government and
development partners.
8. Develop a global partnership for development.
a. Indicator8.12: Proportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs on a
sustainable basis
i. Target 8.EIn cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to
affordable essential drugs in developing countries (Progress=On Track). In
partnership with private health service providers, Government has recently made
substantial progress in this area. In 2009/10, only 21% of health facilities stocked a
complete selection of the tracer drugs used to assess service availability, but this
had increased to 70% by 2011/12. This remarkably rapid improvement is partly
attributed to the increased medicine grant that Government disbursed to private
not-for-profit providers (PNFPs) through the Joint Medical Stores. The national
Medical Stores, supported by the Securing Ugandans Right to Essential Medicines
(SURE) project, has also strengthened its supply chain management, enabling
bimonthly drug deliveries tailored to local disease profiles.
References
Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (2013). Millennium Development Goals
Report for Uganda 2013. Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development.
Retrieved from http://www.undp.org/content/dam/uganda/docs/UNDPUg2013MDGProgress%20Report-Oct%202013.pdf