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Unitaid and Uganda
Country Background
Key Indicators
Country
Region4
Total Population, in ‘000 (2015)1
39 032
989 173
GDP per capita, PPP in $ (2015)2
1 851.0
3 714.1
Healthy life expectancy at birth, in years (2015)
54.0
52.3
Under 5 mortality rate, per 1,000 live births (2015)1
54.6
81.3
HIV prevalence (2015)
1
7.1 [6.6 - 7.7]
7.1 [6.6 - 7.6]
New HIV infections among adults 15-49 years old, per 1000 uninfected population
(2014)1
6.0
2.6
TB incidence, per 100 000 population (2014)1
161
281
Malaria incidence, per 1000 population at risk (2013)1
231.8
268.6
3
Unitaid investments in Uganda (2006-2015)
Malaria
24%
Total amount of investments:
$154.3
Million
Unitaid investments, %
TB
1%
HIV
75%
HIV
Malaria
TB
Active Grants5
Core Investment Area
Project
Lead Grantee
Project
Duration
HIV
Demonstrate feasibility of
treating HCV
(co-infection)
Improving access to diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis C in low- and middle-income countries
Medicines sans frontiers
2015 - 2017
HIV diagnostic and monitoring
tools
Accelerating access to innovative point of care (POC) HIV diagnostics Phase 2a
Clinton Health Access Initiative
2014 - 2016
Providing access to viral-load monitoring and early-infant diagnosis by SAMBA
Diagnostics for the Real World
2014 - 2016
Accelerating access to innovative point-of-care (POC) diagnostics for HIV
Clinton Health Access Initiative
2016 - 2020
HIV diagnostics
Implementation of CD4 and viral load testing in decentralized, remote and resource-limited
settings
Medicines sans frontiers
2012 - 2016
Optimal antiretrovirals for HIV
Treatment
Dolutegravir in pregnant mothers and neonates (DolPHIN2 trial)
University of Liverpool
2016 - 2021
Optimal antiretrovirals for HIV
Treatment
Accelerating patient access to optimal antiretrovirals
Clinton Health Access Initiative
2016 – 2019
Paediatric HIV
Innovation in antiretroviral paediatric market access (IPMA)
Clinton Health Access Initiative
2014 - 2016
MALARIA
Malaria diagnostics
Sustainable quality control of rapid diagnostics tests for malaria
Foundation for Innovative New
Diagnostics
2013 - 2017
Treating Severe Malaria
Better treatment for severe malaria (injectable artestunate)
Medicines for Malaria Venture
2013 - 2016
Better treatment for severe malaria (inter-rectal artesunate)
Medicines for Malaria Venture
2013 - 2016
Addressing neglected childhood tuberculosis (STEP-TB)
TB Alliance
2013 - 2016
EXPAND-TB project
WHO-Global TB Programme
2013 - 2016
Paediatric TB
TB diagnostics
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World Health Statistics, 2016, available at http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/2016/Annex_B/en/
The World Bank, 2015, Uganda and and Sub-Saharan Africa region, available at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD
UNAIDS, AIDSinfo, 2015, available at http://aidsinfo.unaids.org/
For all WHO indicators Region refers to th WHO Region-Africa (AFRO), for indicator on GDP per capita Region refers to the World Bank Sub-Saharan Africa, for indicator on HIV prevalence - Region refers to UNAIDS East and Southern
Africa
Including grants that closed 6 months before the date of update.
Last Update January 2017
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