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Population and Development Volume 12 No.26 July 2018 NATIONAL POPULATION COUNCIL UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT Volume 12: No. 26 July, 2018 WORLD POPULATION DAY July 11, 2018 National Population Council Statistics House, Colville Street P.O.Box 2666 Kampala Tel: 0414 705 400 Fax: 0414 705 454 Email: [email protected] Website: www.npcsec.go.ug World Population Day 2018 “Leaving Nobody Behind: Improving Service Delivery and Accountability”World Population Day 2018 1 TABLE OF 3 CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS NPC CHAIRPERSON’S MESSAGE.................................................................3 4 NPC DIRECTOR GENERAL’S MESSAGE........................................................4 UNFPA REPRESENTATIVE’S MESSAGE.........................................................5 5 ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE HEALTH SYSTEM.......................................7 7 ADVOCACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FP2020 TWO LINKS IN THE CHAIN FROM POLICY TO ACTION...............................................................7 UGANDA WOMEN LEADERS EXPERIENCE FROM IGANGA DISTRICT......................................................................................................8 8 WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF FAMILY PLANNING 10 COMMITMENTS.........................................................................................10 NOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SPOKEN.................................................11 LONG TERM CONTRACEPTIVE STOCK OUTS FRUSTRATE FAMILY 11 PLANNING IN LIRA.....................................................................................12 UHMG INCREASING ACCESS TO SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES AMONG YOUTH ........................................................................13 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW (RHRN) UGANDA PLATFORM ..........................15 INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS 13 IN SRHR.....................................................................................................15 SELF-INJECTED SAYANA PRESS:.................................................................16 GOVERNMENT APPROVES CSOs ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY 15 FOR THE GFF ADOLESCENT HEALTH (RMNCAH) .....................................18 MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF NETHERLANDS....................................................................................20 16UGANDA YOUTH AND ADOLSCENTS HEALTH FORUM ............................21 OMORO DISTRICT PROFILE. .....................................................................23 17 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF UGANDA.....................................................27 19 2 World Population Day 2018 NPC Chairperson’s 2018 World Population Day Message This theme therefore reminds us of the importance of inclusive growth as we work towards achieving Uganda’s Vision 2040 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is also a clarion call to all of us to commit to ensuring that leaders, decision makers, policy makers, service providers and planners, among others are responsive to the needs of the general populace and more especially to the needs of young people who comprise a big proportion of our population. This year’s theme therefore builds on the advocacy efforts arising from last year’s theme that emphasized Strengthening Youth Competitiveness for Sustainable Development’, a theme that was cognizant of the key role of the more than 78% of Uganda’s population as an Prof. Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Chairperson NPC engine of growth for the country’s development. very year on July 11, Uganda joins the rest of the United Nations member states I am happy to note that the commemoration of to commemorate World Population Day. this year’s World Population Day (WPD) comes EThe National Population Council coordinates at a time when the National Population Council this important event to increase awareness (NPC) has just completed the revision of the on pertinent population and development National Population Policy and the development issues such as; fertility, mortality, migration and of Uganda’s Roadmap for Harnessing the urbanization as well as how these impact on Demographic Dividend. The review of these socio-economic development or vice versa. important documents was premised on a number of significant changes in Uganda’s population For 2018, Uganda adopted the theme “Leaving dynamics and underscores the critical role played Nobody Behind; Improving Service Delivery by human capital development and the need to and Accountability” in view of the need to undertake strategic investments in young people ensure that all segments of the population, and harness Uganda’s Demographic Dividend. especially young people, are catered for in terms This will enable the country to attain a quality, of improved service delivery and development cohesive, productive and innovative population planning, thereby fast tracking efforts to harness for social transformation and sustainable the country’s Demographic Dividend. development. It should be noted that all over the world, I wish to take this opportunity to recognize one aspect of socio-economic development, the efforts of all our development partners reduction in extreme poverty, has since 1990, and stakeholders, notably the United Nations been unprecedented and many developing Population Fund (UNFPA), USAID, DFID, the countries have seen impressive and sustained Embassy of Netherlands in Uganda, among levels of economic growth. However, over the others, who have continued to support Uganda’s same period, the gap between the incomes of the population programme over the time. poorest 20% of the world’s people and everyone I wish you all a memorable commemoration of else has widened. 2018 World Population Day. World Population Day 2018 3 Director General’s 2018 World Population Day Message live births in 2014 (UDHS 2014). Fertility, which was over 7 children for a long time, also declined (albeit slowly) from 7.4 in 1991 to 6.9 in 2001, to 6.2 in 2006 and to 5.4 in 2016. Life expectancy has risen from 43 years in 1991 to 63 years in 2016 (UBOS, 2016). It is worth noting, however, that the current decline in both fertility and mortality remains slow and if the current trends continue, the situation will not enable the country to achieve its development objectives. It is also important to note that these changes in the population dynamics have resulted into a big proportion of young people, on whom the country should capitalize in order to realize the country Vision of attaining upper middle income Dr. Jotham Musinguzi, status by 2040. The revised National Population Director General, National Population Council Policy takes into account the changing population dynamics and their implications for planning. he 2018 World Population Day is very The Policy emphasizes that whilst the country significant for the population programme should continue prioritizing its development in Uganda. It is coming at a time when the fundamentals (e.g. infrastructure, ICT, energy, T2008 National Population Policy of Uganda is transportation), it must also focus on its human undergoing a review in order to address emerging capital development if it is going to harness the population issues and new imperatives that demographic dividend (DD). needed to be addressed. It is doubly significant because, this year, we decided to focus on Leaving In light of the above considerations therefore, Nobody behind: Improving Service Delivery and the main thrust of the new Policy will be on Accountability, an aspect that is reiterated in the accelerated fertility and mortality reduction as National Population Policy. well as investing in the young people in order to realize the demographic dividend. For this policy There have been a number of significant changes to be effective, its implementation will be guided and marked progress in Uganda’s population by comprehensive stakeholder collaboration dynamics over the past thirty years. Since the last through a multi-sectoral approach. I urge all Population Policy was put in place, Uganda has partners to come together and support this made some progress in the field of population. important initiative as we work to improve the Mortality in Uganda is declining with infant quality of life of the people of Uganda. mortality having declined from 122 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1991 to 43 deaths per 1,000 I wish you all a memorable 2018 World Population Day. 4 World Population Day 2018 Leaving no one behind: Ensuring Access to Quality FamilyPlanning Services By Alain Sibenaler, UNFPA Representative ews that a woman life skills and opens up is expecting twins is opportunities later in life to usually greeted with join the paid labour force. Njoy and celebration. Not so The result is higher incomes for Scovia Birungi of Kiruhura for families and improved district. Already a mother of economic prosperity. six, Scovia was distraught to The right to family planning, learn that she was going to therefore, is critical to add two more members to Uganda’s socio-economic her family. “I don’t know how development. The 2014 my husband and I will manage Demographic Dividend Report to look after these children,” demonstrates that investing she narrated her story to a in family planning would member of the Village Health Team in her home accelerate fertility decline and, coupled with area. mortality decline, the ratio of working-age adults would significantly increase relative to young The ability to decide when to have children, and dependents, thus propelling Uganda towards how many, is one of the most fundamental human socio - economic transformation. rights, guaranteed
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