Uganda – Multi-Hazard Response/DRR Platform (Sep - Oct 2024)

- As of November 10, 2024, the Ministry of Health reported 443 Mpox cases across 37 districts. Males accounted for 56% of cases, with females making up the remaining 44%. Additionally, September and October saw widespread extreme weather events, including floods, landslides, heavy storms, and fires.
- The hazards in there reporting period affected over 50,262 individuals (9,348 households), with 21,498 people from 3,965 households internally displaced.
- The most affected age group were adults between 18 and 64 years (64%) followed by children below the age of 18 (26%) and elderly above 64 (10%). Notably, more than half of affected people were female (58%).
- Urgent needs have emerged, with health, food assistance and NFI as critical priorities in the aftermath of the reported hazards.
- Infrastructure damage was significant, with 4,990 houses partially destroyed, 926 houses completely damaged, and 902 water facilities, 29 schools and 6 health facilities affected.

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