June 05, 2006: WFP Scales Back in Kitgum Due to Cholera
by: Paul
The World Food Programme (WFP), announced last Friday that they will be suspending their school feeding project in Kitgum district due to an outbreak of cholera there. The WFP, a UN agency, provides food for many of the displaced persons in northern Uganda, and Kitgum is one of the districts most dependent on their aid. At least 594 cases of cholera, including eight deaths, have been reported in the epidemic, which has spread quickly
due to the density of and inadequate healthcare in IDP camps. Social activities such as discos, funerals, and weddings have also been suspended to the epidemic, and schools have just recently reopened. Read more at The New Vision.
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