Background
Uganda covers a total area of 236,036 sq km, and is situated in East Africa, bordered by Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, Tanzania and Rwanda to south and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) to the west. It lies astride the equator with a minimum altitude of 620m and maximum of 5,110m above sea level. Its landscape consists of mountains, highlands, undulating plains, lakes, rivers, and marshland. Almost 25 per cent of the country's surface is water and rivers, the largest and longest being Lake Victoria and the River Nile respectively.
The population of central Uganda was projected to be 7.1 million in 2005. According to the Ugandan definition, disability is a condition that denies a person a normal economic and social life, which has lasted, or is expected to last, six months or more. Using the Ugandan definition, 4 per cent of the population (approximately 1,072,000) had a disability in the Uganda National Census of 2002, compared to a figure of 3.3 per cent using the international definition. The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) is the umbrella body for all the disabled people's organisations. The Disability and the Elderly wing under the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development is responsible for disability issues, works in liaison with NUDIPU.
Disabled People's Organisations
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU)
www.nudipu.org.ug Progress Reports
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Research Assistant - Mulumba, Moses
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Dr. Chataika, Tsitsi
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