[Slideshow] After Attack in Democratic Republic of Congo, MSF Helping Refugees in Uganda
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is working in a transit camp near Bubukwanga, western Uganda, about 11 miles from the border of Democratic Republic of Congo, where at least 17,000 Congolese are taking refuge after an attack on the village of Kamango, North Kivu Province.
next
Uganda 2013 © Andres Romero/MSF
MSF was already working at the Bubukwanga health center and teams are now trying to meet the medical, as well as water and sanitation, needs of the refugees. #
prev | next
Uganda 2013 © Andres Romero/MSF
The transit camp, which was set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), will shelter the refugees for a few days or weeks before they are transferred to a permanent camp. #
prev | next
Uganda 2013 © Andres Romero/MSF
The refugees have received basic supplies, including cooking equipment, jerry cans for water, and soap. But many people are still living in makeshift shelters that they have built with their own materials or with plastic sheeting that they’ve received. Shelters are being built by the UNHCR, but slowly. #
prev | next
Uganda 2013 © Andres Romero/MSF
A primary concern in a camp is the supply of drinking water. MSF is trying to bring the current number of 10 liters a day per person up to 15 liters—the emergency standard—for drinking, washing, and personal hygiene. Water ta...
Source: MSF Multimedia - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
More News: Children | Congo Health | Emergency Medicine | Epidemics | Epidemiology | Health | International Medicine & Public Health | Malaria | Malaria Vaccine | Measles | Measles Vaccine | Respiratory Medicine | Uganda Health | United Nations | Vaccines