UNHCR Fears Disease Among Refugees

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned that disease could break out among thousands of Democratic Republic of Congo refugees pouring across the border into neighbouring Uganda.

"In the last three days, we have seen over 15 000 refugees coming in and we fear that any disease could break out due to poor sanitary conditions and congestion”, says UNHCR field officer, Yumiko Takashima.

UN agencies are distributing what food and water they have, but the number of people in need is overwhelming.

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