[Ugnet] Ugandan's dying in camps

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:10:03 -0700

Ugandan's dying in camps
Aug 26 2005 07:47:13:410PM
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      • Kampala - More than 1 000 Ugandans die from disease and violence each week in camps for 1.3 million people made homeless by an 18-year insurgency in northern Uganda, said a report prepared by the government, the UN and others on Friday.

      The report by the government, various UN agencies, the UK and the International Rescue Committee said: "Peaceful resolution of the conflict is the most crucial step to be sought by all parties in the conflict."

      Between January and July, 28 283 people died from Aids-related illnesses, malaria, fever and other diseases and unspecified violence in the camps in northern Uganda, the report said.

      Most of the deaths were from disease and 11 068 of the people who died are children below the age of 5.

      The report said: "The 1.3 million displaced persons living in the Acholi region of northern Uganda are currently experiencing a very serious humanitarian emergency.

      "Extremely urgent action is needed so as to reduce mortality to non-crisis levels."

      Disaster Preparedness Minister Christine Aporu Amongin said that of the three districts covered in the report, the government has vacancies for 200 doctors in Kitgum district alone.

      The government is "going to intervene to make sure the conditions of people, especially those living in camps improve.

      "The issue of sickness in camps will be fully handled," Amongin said.

      Another 300 000 people who live outside the camps were not covered in the report.

      The rebel Lord's Resistance Army has continued an uprising in the north started by a different rebel group in 1987.

      The Lord's Resistance Army has abducted thousands of children.

      The boys are turned into child soldiers and the girls into sex slaves.

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