22 million 2019 WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Ugandans without access to safely managed and basic drinking water service

Two decades of economic growth has led to large population movements from rural areas to informal settlements near urban centers. This has placed a great stress on existing water and sanitation services. Sanitary conditions at households, schools, and health centers are particularly inadequate, costing the country the equivalent of $177 million per year in lost productivity and medical costs.

23%

Estimated adolescent girls between 12-18 who leave school after they begin menstruating

An estimated 3.75 million Ugandan girls live without proper sanitary care. The lack of adequate menstrual hygiene management in schools is largely due to the enormous strain on water, sanitation and hygiene services available in schools due to rapid increases in enrollment over the past several years. The latrines that are available to students are often poorly suited for the menstrual hygiene of girls, as they lack privacy and water for washing or proper disposal methods of sanitary materials.

67%

Women who give birth in a delivery room without an improved water supply

A lack of safe water, sanitation, hygiene and healthcare waste services in health centers compromises the ability for healthcare workers to provide basic, routine services, such as child delivery and the ability to prevent and control infections. In Uganda, the occurrence of hospital-based infections has enormous public health implications especially on neonatal and maternal health.