PMA Uganda (Performance Monitoring for Action)
Makerere University School of Public Health, with Johns Hopkins University · Phase 3 (2022) confirmed on the country page; a Phase 4 (2024) round is reported in PMA's citation library · last checked 30 October 2026
Frequent, family planning-focused surveys of women and of the health facilities that serve them. Because PMA follows the same women over time, it can show how contraceptive use changes, not just how common it is.
PMA Uganda (Performance Monitoring for Action)
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Frequent, family planning-focused surveys of women and of the health facilities that serve them. Because PMA follows the same women over time, it can show how contraceptive use changes, not just how common it is.
- Latest round
- Phase 3 (2022) confirmed on the country page; a Phase 4 (2024) round is reported in PMA's citation library
- Access
- Summaries: open. Datasets: free, on request.
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
How researchers can use it
- Contraceptive use, method mix and discontinuation for family planning studies.
- Facility readiness and stock-outs from the service delivery point survey.
- Longitudinal analysis of the same women across phases.
Household and female surveys, service delivery point surveys, client exit interviews, COVID-19 surveys and a 2022 reproductive coercion survey.
Access the data
- Read results briefs on the PMA Uganda page.
- Request datasets through PMA's dataset request page, or use IPUMS PMA for harmonised data (free registration).
- Explore indicators without downloading in PMA DataLab.
Methodological cautions
- PMA reports mCPR for all women as its headline; UDHS usually leads with married women. Compare like with like.
- Check the PMA citations page for the newest Uganda phase (Phase 4, 2024) and its dataset citation before linking it.
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