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Uganda: Hepatitis E still spreading in Kitgum
KITGUM: At least 53 new cases of Hepatitis E have been recorded among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern district of Kitgum at the start of the current rainy season, officials said.
Most were reported in the village health centres of Lukung, Amida, Padibe, Layamu and Kitgum town, according to Sylvester Opira, chairman of the Hepatitis E control taskforce in Kitgum.
"New cases of infection are being received at health centres, with women and children ranking high," Opira told IRIN in Kitgum. Poor sanitation in areas of return for IDPs and the rains had contributed to the spread of the disease.
