Adapting and Expanding Home-Based Life-Saving Skills to Include Family Planning to Promote Maternal Health in South Sudanese Refugees

Background. Hand hygiene in refugee camp settlements remains an important measure against diarrhoeal infections. Refugee settings are characterised by overcrowding and inadequate access to water and hygiene facilities which favour proliferation of faecal-oral diseases. Handwashing with soap and water is therefore an effective way of preventing such diseases. Despite this knowledge, there is limited information about access to functional handwashing facilities in these settings and associated factors in Uganda. Methods. Quantitative data were collected from 312 refugee households in Rhino Camp Settlement, Northwestern Uganda, using a semistructured interviewer-administered questionnaire. A modified Poisson regression was used to obtain prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the determinants of access to a functional handwashing facility among refugee households. All analyses were performed using STATA 14.0 statistical software. Results. Of the 312 households, 123 (39.4%) had access to a handwashing facility, but only 72 (23.1%) of households had handwashing facilities that were functional. Duration of stay in the camp exceeding 3 years (adjusted PR = 2.63; 95% CI (1.73–4.00)) and history of receiving home-based education on hand hygiene (adjusted PR = 9.44; 95% CI (1.40–63.86)) were independent predictors of access to a functional handwashing facility. Conclusion. Access to functional handwashing facilities among the refugee households was low. Our findings highlight the need for more and continued handwashing promotional programs, most especially among newly arrived refugees in the camp.

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Political Participation of Refugees: The Case of Somali and South Sudanese Refugees in Kenya

10.31752/idea.2018.15 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Caleb Otieno Opon ◽

Lina Antara

Keyword(s):

Political Participation ◽

South Sudanese ◽

Sudanese Refugees

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Protection and well-being of adolescent refugees in the context of a humanitarian crisis: Perceptions from South Sudanese refugees in Uganda

Social Science & Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.034 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 221 ◽

pp. 79-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Sarah R. Meyer ◽

Elizabeth Meyer ◽

Clare Bangirana ◽

Patrick Onyango Mangen ◽

Lindsay Stark

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Humanitarian Crisis ◽

South Sudanese ◽

Adolescent Refugees ◽

Sudanese Refugees

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Congenital heart disease and family planning: Preconception care, reproduction, contraception and maternal health

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease ◽

10.1016/j.ijcchd.2020.100049 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 100049

Author(s):

Karishma P. Ramlakhan ◽

Imran Ahmed ◽

Mark R. Johnson ◽

Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink

Keyword(s):

Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Family Planning ◽

Maternal Health ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Preconception Care

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South Sudan's multiple conflicts will not subside

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db220780 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

South Sudan ◽

Humanitarian Aid ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Political Crisis ◽

Peace Agreement ◽

Content Type ◽

The Past ◽

South Sudanese ◽

The Government ◽

Sudanese Refugees

Significance South Sudan is facing severe conflict and insecurity, a prolonged political crisis, and dire economic conditions. A peace agreement signed in August 2015 is falling apart, and fighting and violence during the past year has caused the number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda to rise to 900,000 -- with a further 375,000 in Sudan and 287,000 in Ethiopia. Earlier this year, aid agencies declared a famine situation in several counties, and appealed for more humanitarian aid and improved access. Impacts Oil output is likely to remain at, or near, 130,000-160,000 barrels per day. Juba’s fiscal situation will remain precarious, with the government unable to secure loans from donors. Unrest and limited strikes over salary arrears could increase.

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