Why mental illnesses are rising in West Nile refugee settlements
According to Osakan, all three refugee settlements have registered over 80 cases of refugees taking their own lives in the past one year.
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Osakan said aside from the refugees devising other coping mechanisms due to the reduction in food rations, they should sparingly use the food they receive from the WFP, and also acquire some land from the host communities to grow crops to supplement the food ration they receive from WFP and other partner organisations. (Credit: Jonathan Driliga)
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With the raising cost of living, pressures of modern life, and substance abuse, mental illnesses have risen in West Nile region-based refugee settlements, the Office of