Getting to Universal Coverage in Uganda

Supporting water sanitationand hygiene services for life

IRC Event

30th March 2016

Getting to Universal Coverage in UgandaBy Jane Nabunnya MulumbaIRC Uganda Country Director

3Universal Coverage in UgandaMeaning• Reaching all (100%) Ugandans, that is, all

People Families Clinics/health centres, hospitals Schools Prisons

• Establishing a functioning water and sanitation sub sector at District/municipal and national levels based on 5 building blocks: Policy/strategy, Sector coordination, Performance monitoring, Institutional arrangements and Sector financing

4WASH Coverage Status in Uganda

Total Population 34.8 million. Rural 28.4 million (82%)

Status (2015 SPR):1. Access to safe water: Urban 73%, Rural 65%2. Access to sanitation: Rural 77%, Urban 84%3. Access to hand washing facilities at the

toilet: 33.2%4. 172 rehabilitated boreholes restored supply

to 63,300 people5. New water supplies served 809,368

WASH Targets 2015/16 – 2019/20 (NDPII)

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Rural

• Increase water supply coverage in rural areas from 65% (2012/13) to 79% (2019/20)

Urban

• Increase urban water supply from 77% (2012/13)to 95 % (100 % NWSC towns) (2019/20)

Sanitation

• Increase sewerage coverage to 30 percent in towns with population greater than 15,000.

WASH Agenda for Change – WA4C 6

Purpose: • To jointly advocate for sustained WASH

services – for everyone, everywhere, forever Composition• Core Partners: IRC, Water Aid, Water for

People, • Strategic Partners; MWE, World Vision,

AMREF, SNV, Rotary WASH+Scope• Total of 4 districts – Kabarole, Kamwenge,

Napak, Kotido

7WA4C actions to increase coverage• Constructed 8 new piped

water systems serving 15 communities and 33,000 people

• Rehabilitated 40 deep & shallow wells

• Established 10 school sanitation and hygiene programmes Rehabilitated 5 GFS’

• HPMAs conducted minor repairs of over 100 boreholes

• Constructed 9 rainwater harvesting systems in 8 schools and 1 health centre

• Motorized 3 high yielding wells to increase service levels

8WA4C actions to build district ‘systems’• MOUs with DLGs, TSUs, UOs,

NGOs• Mapping using FLOW • Support development of DDPs• Conduct budget tracking• Build capacity of WASH

institutions • Use SDIs to monitor service levels• School WASH analysis/mapping• Support district coordination• Costing WASH• Select and work with champions• Support WSCs to enforce by-laws• Support asset inventory

development• Generate demand through media,

CLTS

9WA4C actions to build national `systems’• Influence the SDG6 planning

processes; SIP30, M&E framework

• Support inter-sectoral coordination

• Conduct research • Organise learning platforms • Document/share innovations

& best practices • Policy advocacy • Develop monitoring tools • Advocate for increased public

financing of WASH• Engage with Parliament

10WA4C – Challenges1. Costing WASH not easy

2. Low district implementation capacity

3. CSOs not fully aligned and coordinating

4. WASH still not a priority

5. WASH governance challenges

6. Subsidies from some NGOs

7. Many tools, approaches

11WA4C - Future Plans• Advocacy for; more public financing for WASH

and scale up of District Development Plans (DDPs)

• Modelling sustainable WASH implementation in districts

• Communication & advocacy • Knowledge brokering & learning Hub• Influencing/supporting revision of the sector

changes • Research • Support to institutional capacity

development • Media engagement

Visiting addressPlot 2220Aqua Complex, 1st FloorPort Bell RoadKitintaleKampalaUganda Postal addressP.O Box 40398KampalaUganda+256 758 200 [email protected]/uganda

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