Boutroue said the refugee response plan for Uganda this year requires 1 billion U.S. dollars to be able to continue delivering assistance. Out of the 1 billion dollars, UNHCR and the partners it finances need about 450 million dollars. The other partners need 550 million dollars. Although UNH...
The appeal came at a time when Uganda's response to more than 1.5 million refugees in the country is critically underfunded. An interagency report said as of the end of March, only 41 million dollars had been received against the country's refugee response plan of 804 million dollars in fun...
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in DRC on 1st Aug 2018, several neighboring countries have been developing and implementing preparedness efforts to prevent EVD cross-border transmission to enable timely detection, investigation, and response in the event of a confirmed EVD outbreak in the country...
Uganda also has a large refugee populationFootnote 1 which has tripled since 2016 and adds an essential dimension to the demographic dynamics that are critical for an effective Covid-19 response. The country’s social services are under stress because of these demographic dynamics.Footnote 2 ...
(4) having previously received the PM + intervention; (5) having been in Uganda for less than 3 months, given that new arrivals take 2 to 3 months to relocate (i.e. receive land and refugee determination status) and that new arrivals are more likely to be in acute stages of ...
It's difficult to sum up my experience in a few words. One thing I learned is how complex humanitarian aid in the refugee context is, especially in a country with such a high existing level of poverty. I learned ...
its criminalization of same-sex relationships, is not as safe as she and fellow exiles would like it to be. Still, Kenya hosts an estimated 1,000 LGBTQ+ refugees and is the only country in the region offering asylum based on sexual orientation, according to the United Nations...
In a country with high HBV prevalence that lacks services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HBV, our findings reveal that1 pregnant women have low awareness and hold misperceptions about HBV, liver cancer and the HBV birth dose2; women perceived mistrust of HCWs, absence of HBV screen...
In 2014 the number of facilities receiving RDTs was reduced to 125 based on the distribution of identified cases but increased to 149 in 2015 to include more private clinics and facilities close to refugee camps and the South Sudanese border. ...
Having been a pillar and leader of the Ugandan Asian community in the country at the time Manzoor Moghal met frequently with Idi Amin in the buildup to the expulsion. Manzoor also touches on the international situation at the time and the thinking behind governments such as Britian in their...