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Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report, February 20 2015

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Highlights

  • UNICEF and partners continue to support over 140,462 South Sudanese refugees of which 87 per cent are women and children in the districts of Arua, Adjumani and Kiryandongo.

  • UNICEF working with the Government of Uganda carried out an integrated nutrition screening through expanded programme on immunization outreach points and enrolled 2,254 children in refugee settlements into therapeutic feeding programs.

  • UNICEF and partners have supported 46,000 refugee and host community women, men and children with clean water for households needs.

  • A total of 2,195 separated children have been registered and provided foster or alternative care services using a Rapid Family Tracing and Re-unification (RAPID FTR) tool.

  • UNICEF is supporting Government of Uganda to respond to a Typhoid fever outbreak in Kampala with over 100 cases.

Situation in Numbers

Refugees & Asylum Seekers:

274,582 # of children affected (UNHCR Jan 2015)
367,518 # of women and children affected (UNHCR Jan 2015)
422,435 # of refugees and asylum seekers affected (UNHCR Jan 2015)