Bududa: 104 cases of diarrhoea have been reported at Bukalasi health unit with majority cases being minor. According to the in charge of the facility, Kakai Margaret, diarrhoea outbreak is due to poor hygiene and sanitation practices. Cholera has not yet been confirmed as the cause of the sickness.

As part of measures to curb down the spread of the diarrhoea outbreak, the Red Cross has deployed 20 volunteers in the camps of Bukalasi and Bulucheke to undertake rapid dissemination of good hygiene practice messages and also promote sanitation activities through community mobilization.

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