Health

According To WHO, The Life Expectancy At Birth In Uganda Rose From 45.7 Years To 62.2 Years For Males And 50.5 Years To 64.2 Years For Females Over The Period 1991 To 2014. The Report Also Highlights The Country’s Burden Of Disease Is Dominated By Communicable Diseases Accounting For Over 50% Of Morbidity And Mortality Rates Including Malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, And Respiratory, Diarrheal, Epidemic-prone And Vaccine-preventable Diseases Are The Leading Causes Of Illness And Death. The Major Challenges Affecting The Health System Are The Lack Of Resources To Recruit, Deploy, Motivate And Retain Human Resources For Health, Particularly In Remote Localities; Ensuring Quality Of The Health Care Services Delivered; Ensuring Reliability Of Health Information In Terms Of The Quality, Timeliness And Completeness Of Data; And Reducing Stock-out Of Essential/tracer Medicines And Medical Supplies.