QUICK FACTS ABOUT UGANDA
- Over 80% of the population live in rural areas and over 25% of the total population live below poverty line
- Uganda’s life expectancy is 52 years of age
- 51% of people living in remote rural areas have no access to public healthcare facilities or medications located in centers far away
- Uganda Ministry of Health reports 19 women die every day during childbirth
- More than one million people are living with HIV/AIDS
- Close to half population (16 million people) are below 15 years of age
- 67% of total population are below 25 years of age
