The Report provides an update on the “big catch up” activity targeted to reach children who missed vaccination during the period 2020–2024, partly due to the COVID pandemic. For example, as of 2023, the program had registered 329,359 zero dose children, with a target of reaching 95% of these children. The Report indicates that 292,907 (89%) of these children were vaccinated by the end of December 2024. The Report also provides an update on other vaccines received such as DPT1 and MR1.

Ministry of Health Uganda, February 2025

This Report provides the main findings of a decent work assessment, executed in the hospitality sector in the Rwenzori/Albertine regions in Uganda. According to the Report, the hospitality sector in Uganda shows a relatively strong labour market security, with minimal structural unemployment and irregular work. Training opportunities remain limited and workers are not sure whether they would find another job with similar or better working conditions. In addition, Income security is low, with workers earning significantly below a living wage and receiving minimal overtime pay.

The 24^th Economic Update by the World Bank emphasizes the critical importance of investing in Early Childhood Development (ECD) as a foundational strategy for sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. The Report highlights that the early years of a child's life are crucial for cognitive, social, and emotional development, which in turn significantly influence their future productivity and earning potential. Furthermore, the update discusses the role of governments and private sectors in scaling up ECD initiatives.

This Report provides an update on the performance of the Pension Sector for FY 2023/24. According to the Report, Pension Sector assets grew by 18% from Ushs 21.41 trillion in FY 2022/23 to Ushs 25.4 trillion in 2023/24, accounting for 12% of GDP. Member contributions increased by 8% from Ushs 2.20 trillion in FY 2022/23 to Ushs 2.38 trillion in FY 2023/24. In addition, the number of members subscribing to at least one pension scheme increased by 7% from 3,142,311 members in FY 2022/23 to 3,367,545 in FY 2023/24 due to improved confidence in the Sector.

This Report provides a global update on malaria prevalence. According to the Report, global malaria cases increased by 5.6% from 249 million cases in 2022 to 263 million cases in 2023. The global number of lives lost to malaria marginally declined from 608,000 deaths in 2022 to 597,000 deaths in 2023. Approximately, 95% of the deaths occurred in the African Region, with the following countries accounting for the heaviest estimated burden of malaria cases: Nigeria (26%), Democratic Republic of Congo (13%), Uganda (5%), Ethiopia (4%) and Mozambique (4%).

This brief presents key findings from a novel social-ecological model (called Promoting, Organizing, Working, Engaging and Research out (P.O.W.E.R)) implemented in a randomized trial setting to test what works to increase the share of women in paid work and hence promote their economic empowerment. Findings reveal that a systematic and sequential implementation of individual/household plus community-level interventions can increase women’s participation in paid work activities by 35 minutes more than in the control group.

The State of Uganda Population Report 2022 underscores the importance of changing the population age structure to reduce the high child dependency burden. The Report indicates that the game changers for Demographic Transition are: Promoting family planning; Improving child survival; Keeping children, especially girls, in school to completion and strengthening organized urbanization.

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This Report presents the latest data on health and health-related indicators for World Health Organization’s 194 Member States. It provides comprehensive country-level statistics for disease burden and service delivery. The Report shows an overall increase in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy over the last 20 years, as a result of reductions in maternal and child mortality and in premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases.

This report highlights the global progress towards curbing and eliminating malaria in the world. The Report indicates that there were 625,000 malaria deaths globally in 2021 compared to 619,000 deaths in 2020. The global tally of malaria cases reached 247 million in 2021 compared to 245 million in 2020 and 232 million in 2019.

Dec 2022, World Health Organization, https://www.who.int/teams/global-malaria-programme/reports/world-malaria-report-2022

The third National Development Plan identifies human capital development as one of the fundamentals to accelerate the country’s transformation and harness the Demographic Dividend. The Demographic Dividend is the benefit that may arise from a change in the population age structure when the working (and productive) population is more than the dependents.