Uganda: Hepatitis E spreads, IDPs most vulnerable

Hepatitis E is on the increase in Uganda's northern district of Pader, where it has claimed scores of lives and infected thousands in the past year, officials said. Since May, there have been 55 new infections and seven deaths in Pader, according to Angelo Luganya, a health official in Pader. "More cases are being received in health units in villages and there is need for urgent attention to check on the disease that is on the rise," he told IRIN.