Public Water Crisis and Drug Shortage in Gulu Continues

Water prices have skyrocketed over 1000 percent since government shut off Gulu's main water line.

Gulu’s water crisis has now reached its fourth week, with residents unable to access piped water and community boreholes breaking.  About 140,000 people live in Gulu.

A month ago, the government began repairing and expanding Gulu’s main water supply line– but left residents in the lurch, forcing them to rely on water from springs.  20 liters of water from a jerrycan now costs between sh1000 and sh2000- about ten to twenty times more than the usual sh100 per jerrycan.

But can people living in Gulu expect water to return anytime soon? Officials from the National Water and Sewage Corporation say it could be another 3 weeks before water returns.

Meanwhile, people living in Gulu are suffering from another health crisis: a drug shortage, which the Daily Monitor reported on Feb. 12th.  Public health centers are short on drugs, particularly malaria, antiretroviral drugs, and tuberculosis.  One health center in Lalogi sub-county reported turning away 60 percent of its patients– the center has been short on malaria drugs and antiretroviral drugs for 2 months.

The Daily Monitor reported this story on Feb. 16th.

Related Links: Uganda’s National Water and Sewage Corporation, click here

To reach Uganda’s Ministry of Health, visit this site

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