As a developing country, health in Uganda lags behind many other countries . Recent
statistics show that child mortality (death before the age of five years)
occurs in 90 of every 1000 live births.

Uganda’s health system is divided into national and
district-based levels. At the national level are the National Referral
Hospitals, Regional Referral Hospitals and semi-autonomous institutions including
the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services and National Medical Stores, among
others.

Sexual health

Sexual health in Uganda is affected by the high prevalence
of HIV and several STIs, the poor health seeking behaviours regarding STIs,
violence and some practices such as FGM that affect female sexuality in isolated
communities in north east parts of the country.

Gender
Based Violence

Domestic Violence is a key issue in
reproductive health and rights and most of the domestic violence is gender based. Physical
violence is the most prevalent with one quarter of women reporting it. Intimate
partner violence is the most common form of violence in Uganda that could
affect reproductive health rights. However, reporting domestic violence is not
a common thing in Uganda.

Men’s health

Men have been more or less ignored in Uganda in sexual and Reproductive
health. However there are issues that affect men including violence, sexually
transmitted diseases, prostate cancers, infertility, and HIV specifically. A
lot needs to be explored in this area especially with men having poor health
seeking behaviours.

Below are polls run on the health sector in Uganda.