Editing Uganda (section)

===Water supply and sanitation===
{{Main|Water supply and sanitation in Uganda}}
According to a 2006 published report, the Ugandan water supply and sanitation sector had made substantial progress in urban areas since the mid-1990s, with substantial increases in coverage as well as in operational and commercial performance.<ref name="Mugisha">{{cite news |last=Mugisha |first=Silver |author2=Berg, Sanford V. |title=Struggling State-Owned Enterprises: NWSC's Turnaround in Uganda |date=November 2006 |ssrn=1088139}}</ref>{{rp|3–4}} Sector reforms in the period 1998–2003 included the commercialisation and modernisation of the [[National Water and Sewerage Corporation]] operating in cities and larger towns, as well as decentralisation and private sector participation in small towns.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Water Development Report: Uganda. Prepared for 2nd UN World Water Development Report "Water, a shared responsibility" |year=2006 |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001467/146760e.pdf |access-date=5 May 2008 |archive-date=18 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318062251/http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001467/146760e.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|15}}
[[File:Rivers and lakes of Uganda.png|thumb|Main Rivers and Lakes of Uganda]]
Although these reforms have attracted significant international attention, 38 percent of the population still had no access to an [[improved water source]] in 2010. Concerning access to [[improved sanitation]], figures have varied widely. According to government figures, it was 70 percent in rural areas and 81 percent in urban areas in 2011;<ref name="SPR 2011">{{cite web |publisher=Ministry of Water and Environment |title=Third Water and Environment Sector Performance Report |url=http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:sector-performance-report-2011&catid=31:general |access-date=16 July 2012 |year=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007004221/http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:sector-performance-report-2011&catid=31:general |archive-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> according to UN figures, it was only 34 percent.<ref name="JMP">*{{cite web |author1=World Health Organization |author-link=World Health Organization |author2=UNICEF |title=Joint Monitoring Program |url=http://www.wssinfo.org |access-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216075751/http://www.wssinfo.org/ |archive-date=16 February 2008}}</ref>

The water and sanitation sector was recognised as a key area under the 2004 Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP), Uganda's
main strategy paper to fight poverty.<ref name="PEAP">{{cite web |author1=Republic of Uganda |author2=Ministry of Finance |author3=Planning and Economic Development |title=Poverty Eradication Action Plan (2004/5-2007/8) |url=http://www.finance.go.ug/docs/PEAP%202005%20Apr.pdf |access-date=7 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010162613/http://www.finance.go.ug/docs/PEAP%202005%20Apr.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2008}}</ref>{{rp|182–188}} According to a 2006 published report, a comprehensive expenditure framework had been introduced to co-ordinate financial support by external donors, the national government, and [[NGO|nongovernmental organisations]].<ref name="MWE SWAP">{{cite web |author=Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda) |title=Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Report 2006 |date=September 2006 |url=http://www.danidadevforum.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/94B047D5-F8C9-46C9-B56D-7A43367ED141/0/WSSperformanceReportUganda.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318062315/http://www.danidadevforum.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/94B047D5-F8C9-46C9-B56D-7A43367ED141/0/WSSperformanceReportUganda.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 March 2009 |access-date=13 May 2008 }}</ref>{{rp|5}} The PEAP estimated that from 2001 to 2015, about US$1.4 billion, or US$92 million per year, was needed to increase water supply coverage up to 95 percent, with rural areas needing US$956 million, urban areas and large towns needing US$281 million, and small towns needing US$136 million.<ref name="PEAP"/>{{rp|182–183}}