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How ring-fenced budgets, WASH interventions reduced disease burden

Namara’s family practiced defecating in the bush, a norm in the entire village due to the absence of latrines. This practice led to contamination of the water sources, perpetuating a cycle of diseases.

23rd September 2024
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Cissy Atek a midwife at Labongogali Health Center III examines heartbeats of the fetus. (Credit: Violet Nabatanzi)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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In the small village of Abongo in Amuru District, Northern Uganda, twenty-year-old Fiona Lamara faced a parent's worst nightmare. Her seven-month-old baby became gravely ill, suffering

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Health
AMREF–Uganda
Kenneth Ojok
WASH
Dr. Herbert Nabaasa
Ministry of Health