A Ugandan health official has warned that 41% of women are unable to access contraception despite needing it.
Dr Moses Muwonge said that despite the amount increasing, there are not sufficient resources to tackle access rates, which are worse than the country's neighbours Kenya (25%) Tanzania (22%), Rwanda (38%) and Ethiopia (34%)
Mr Muwonge estimates that the government would need to find $25 million funding in order to meet the population's needs by 2015.
Mr Muwonge told a press conference following a health workshop in Kampala: "Uganda's contribution towards funding family planning is negligible. It is less than 5%. Unless donors increase funding, it might not be easy for the country to meet the unmet needs."
The conference, part-funded by the US-based Population Reference Bureau and organised by the Uganda Health Communication Alliance, was told that almost 50% of the country's one million births a year were unintended.
The country's Bureau of Statistics added that with population growth rate, currently 3.2%, will strain the country's resources in future.
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