PMC in Uganda

While education and literacy rates are high in Uganda compared to most other African countries, the country faces its own challenges; infectious disease risk is very high, to some degree associated with low levels of improved sanitation facility access across both rural and urban locales. Despite high rates of HIV and other communicable diseases, the World Health Organization reports limited coverage for healthcare services. Mothers in Uganda also report a low mean age of first birth when compared to most other countries in Africa. Population Institute has ranked Uganda the 11th most vulnerable state in their 2015 Demographic Vulnerability Report.