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Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
121 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Soroti district has no more drugs to treat displaced people who are fleeing LRA rebels in neighbouring districts. The District Director of Health Services in Soroti, Dr Nicholas Okwana, says that he cannot find enough drugs to serve the 130,000 displaced people in Soroti town. He could now suspend Operation Safe Haven (OSH) - the emergency health relief programme for displaced people in the municipality.

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ICT, Media & Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/16724 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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