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Uganda

Amudat Drought Bulletin January 2013

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SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW

The overall district was considered to be in the ALERT across all the livelihood zones. This was mainly because the district has continued to be hit by the zoonotic disease brucellosis, the livestock have continued suffering from diseases like CBPP, PPR and CCPP yet no vaccinations were carried out during the month due to lack of operation costs. Both the agro pastoral and the pastoral zones are expected to worsen because of the following reasons; the food stores have started depleting,the dry spell has started setting in and besides no interventions has been put in place to curb the livestock diseases. The district therefore advises on the following;