Children under 5 with 2+ types of playthings

Child protection · 50

• Children under 5 with full birth registration
• Birth registration, children under 5
• Young adults who experienced physical violence in childhood
• Young adults who experienced sexual abuse in childhood
• Children 5-17 in child labour
• Children under 5 left with inadequate supervision
• Children who are orphans
• Adolescents 13-17 who experienced physical violence in the past year
• Children 1-14 experiencing violent discipline
• Number of households classified as vulnerable based on HVAT assessment, by level of vulnerability
• Number of households benefiting from economic strengthening (ES) interventions
• Number of parents/caregivers who completed training on positive parenting ( KFCP package & Manual )
• Percentage of child headed households with children below eight years
• Number of Children’s Homes on a specific date (by district, approval status) Number of children below eight years in institutional care
• Number of children displaced as a result of humanitarian crisis bellow eight years
• Proportion of asylum-seeking and refugee children who have access to education, health and social services
• Number of unaccompanied and separated children below eight years (UASC) in humanitarian crises registered with authorities [2]
• Percentage of identified UASC who are reunified with their caregivers within 6 months of registration
• Number of children under 3 years living with their mothers in prisons
• Number of children (aged 0-17 years) 0-8 registered during the year, by age-group (NIRA)
• Proportion of children whose births are registered in the year of occurrence.
• Number of cases of violence against children below 8 years registered by the Helpline (SAUTI 116( and probation and welfare office (PWO) during the year.
• Number of cases of crime against children/child-related offenses registered by the police during the year. (0-8)
• Number of trafficked children in the country and outside during the year.
• Prevalence of GBV among men and women
• Number of formal social service workers trained on inclusion and care of children with disabilities
• No. of para social workers trained to provide care and protection services for children and families
• Children 0-17 not living with a biological parent
• Children under 5 left alone
• Psychological aggression, children 1-14
• Physical punishment, children 1-14
• Severe physical punishment, children 1-14
• Adults who believe children need physical punishment
• Children under 1 with full birth registration
• Live births registered under age 1
• Live births registered under age 5
• Children 5-17 with at least one disability
• Children under 18 who are single orphans
• Children under 18 who are full orphans
• Children 0-5 without a birth certificate
• Children 5-11 in economic activity
• Children living in monetary poverty
• Children living in multidimensional poverty
• Children 0-4 in multidimensional child poverty
• Children 0-4 in extreme child poverty
• Social protection share of the national budget
• Child protection share of the national budget
• Children living in approved children's homes
• Children aged 2-4 years with at least one form of disability
• Orphans and vulnerable children

Health · 70

• Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccinations
• Births delivered in a health facility
• Infant mortality rate
• Neonatal mortality rate
• Births attended by skilled health personnel
• Under-five mortality rate
• Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births)
• Percentage of women attending 4+ ANC visits (anytime during pregnancy) (Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits (%)
• Proportion of mothers receiving postnatal check-ups within 48 hours/ 2 days of delivery
• Proportion of newborns receiving postnatal check-ups within 48 hours/ 2 days of delivery
• Percentage of low-birth-weight babies receiving kangaroo mother care
• Percentage of children fully immunized
• Prevalence of malaria in children under five
• Percentage of under five that sleep under LLINs
• Percentage of vulnerable children and adolescents receiving care and support with mental health problems / Parents with children below 8 years
• Post-neonatal mortality rate
• Child mortality rate (4q1)
• Antenatal care from a skilled provider
• First ANC visit before 4 months of pregnancy
• Births protected against neonatal tetanus
• Births delivered by caesarean section
• Births with a reported birth weight
• Low birth weight (<2.5 kg)
• BCG vaccination, children 12-23 months
• DPT-HepB-Hib 1 (pentavalent 1), children 12-23 months
• DPT-HepB-Hib 3 (pentavalent 3), children 12-23 months
• Polio birth dose, children 12-23 months
• Polio 3, children 12-23 months
• Pneumococcal 3, children 12-23 months
• Rotavirus 2, children 12-23 months
• Measles-containing vaccine 1, children 12-23 months
• All age-appropriate vaccinations, children 12-23 months
• Children 12-23 months with no vaccinations
• Measles-containing vaccine 2, children 24-35 months
• Vaccination card seen, children 12-23 months
• Children under 5 with ARI symptoms
• Care sought for children under 5 with ARI
• Children under 5 with fever
• Children under 5 with fever who took antibiotics
• Care sought for children under 5 with fever
• Prompt care for children under 5 with fever
• ACT among children under 5 given antimalarials
• Children under 5 with diarrhoea
• Care sought for children under 5 with diarrhoea
• ORS for children under 5 with diarrhoea
• Zinc for children under 5 with diarrhoea
• ORS and zinc for children under 5 with diarrhoea
• Children under 5 who slept under any mosquito net
• DPT-HepB-Hib 3 coverage, children 12-23 months
• Measles vaccination, children 12-23 months
• Deworming, children 6-59 months
• Children 0-2 who received at least one vaccine
• Functional health facilities
• Health facility perinatal mortality rate
• Children under 5 who suffered illness or injury in the past 30 days
• Sick persons who sought health care
• Sick persons whose first treatment was within 3 km
• Communities with a government health centre within the LC1
• Communities within 3 km of a government health centre
• Sick children 0-5 first treated at a government health centre
• Users satisfied with government health facility services
• DPT3/Pentavalent coverage, children under one
• Measles vaccination coverage, children under one
• Health share of the national budget
• DPT1 to measles-rubella dropout rate
• Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate, children 0-18 months
• Antibiotics for children under 5 with ARI symptoms
• Antimalarial drugs for children under 5 with fever
• Blood test for children under 5 with fever
• Malaria prevalence by microscopy, children 0-59 months

Nutrition · 25

• Anaemia, children 6-59 months
• Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months
• Children 6-23 months with a minimum acceptable diet
• Stunting, children 6-59 months
• Stunting prevalence, children under 5
• Underweight, children 6-59 months
• Wasting, children 6-59 months
• Prevalence of malnutrition among children under 5 (%)
• Percentage of mothers initiating breastfeeding within 1 hour after birth
• Percentage of children under five that receive Vitamin A supplementation
• Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15 to 49 years
• Severe stunting, children under 5
• Wasting, children under 5
• Severe wasting, children under 5
• Overweight, children under 5
• Underweight, children under 5
• Severe underweight, children under 5
• Children ever breastfed
• Children given a prelacteal feed
• Minimum dietary diversity, children 6-23 months
• Minimum meal frequency, children 6-23 months
• Households with iodized salt
• Vitamin A-rich foods, children 6-23 months
• Iron-rich foods, children 6-23 months
• Severe anaemia (haemoglobin <8.0 g/dl), children 0-59 months

Other · 17

• Children aged 0-4
• Children aged 0-8 (ECD cohort)
• Children aged 3-5 (pre-primary age)
• Total population
• Children aged 0-17
• Monetary child poverty
• Population below the national poverty line
• Children aged 0-5 as a share of the population
• Pre-primary age children (3-5) as a share of the population
• ECD actors mapped
• ECD actors with dedicated ECD staff
• ECD actors integrating ECD in their work plans
• ECD actors with an IECD coordination committee
• ECD actors engaged in ECD in humanitarian settings
• Children under 1 (age 0)
• Children aged 1-4
• Children aged 5-9

Water, sanitation and hygiene · 10

• Households with basic drinking water
• Households with improved sanitation
• Percentage households with improved sources of drinking water
• Safe disposal of children's stools
• Households using appropriate water treatment
• Households practising open defecation
• Households with soap and water at handwashing place
• Households with no toilet facility
• WASH share of the national budget
• Households with no handwashing facility

Differences between groups

• Girls and boys2022 · 1.2 points apart
  Girls37.1%
  Boys35.9%

  Earlier: 2016 — Boys 50.9, Girls 49.6

Withheld to protect small groups: Age band · Disability status · District · Refugee status · Urban and rural · Wealth quintile

What the Hub holds

Figures recorded

62016-01-01 to 2022-12-31

Districts covered

0A district with no figure is uncovered, which is not the same as a figure of zero.

Mean

43.37 percent

Range

35.9 – 50.9 percent

Withheld as small cells

0Excluded from every figure here. A cell too small to publish would identify the children in it.

Where these figures come from

• Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2022 — ECD figuresOpen access3 figures · 2022
• Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016 — final report figuresOpen access3 figures · 2016

From data to decision in six questions

3 of 6 published · figures in percent. An unpublished question is marked as such, never filled in from the others.

1. 1

   What is the situation?

   published

   What is the current figure, and how has it moved?

   The latest figure is 36.5% (2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31). The previous figure was 50.2%, a change of -13.7. The national figure is 36.5%. Source: UBOS and ICF, Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2022 final report.

2. 2

   Who is furthest behind?

   published

   Which groups differ, and by how much?

   1 group comparison computed. The widest gap is 1.2 between the highest group and the lowest group.

3. 3

   What does the evidence tell us?

   not yet published

   What do appraised studies find about this?

   No evidence has been linked to this indicator yet. Linked evidence is listed strongest first, and a brief cannot rate its own evidence.

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4. 4

   What are we aiming at?

   published

   Is there a national target or standard, and how far off is it?

   No national target or standard has been set.

5. 5

   What should be done, and who needs to act?

   not yet published

   Which actions does the evidence support, and who would lead them?

   No candidate actions have been recorded against this indicator yet.

6. 6

   What does this mean for planning and budgeting?

   not yet published

   What is committed against what is required?

   No steward has published a reading of this question yet.

   See ECD financing