Achievements
During the quarter, refugees continued to access health services at the static health facilities and outreach posts. 537,240 (392,185 refugees & 145,055 nationals) accessed OPD services, 7,464 admissions (3,994 refugees & 3,468 nationals), 13,995 live births (7,759 refugees & 6,236 nationals) with skilled deliveries at 98% which is the same as Q2 2024. 18,522 children received life saving vaccinations while 5,856 (4,019 refugees & 1,837 nationals) malnourished children were identified and enrolled on treatment. In addition, 3,521 referrals were made to the secondary and tertiary hospitals. An outbreak of Mpox was also registered in the country and one case was registered among the new arrivals refugee in Adjumani.
The Sudanese influx continue to access health and nutrition services from facilities in Kiryandongo. They are mainly affected by non-communicable diseases.
As a result of these life saving interventions, the under-five and crude mortality rates remained 0.10 and 0.04 in Q3 2024 compared to 0.07 and 0.03 in Q2 2024. While the workload of health workers was 55 consultations per clinician per day, there was an increase from the 44 registered in Q2 which is above the acceptable limits of not more than 50- consultations per clinician per day.
Joint monitoring of the RRP implementation in the refugee host districts was done with ministry of health, UN agencies, world bank and partners.
Food security and nutrition assessment was also conducted in the refugee host districts and also in Kampala among the urban refugees and host population in the host districts.