Apaa health crisis leaves 100,000 without care
A long-standing border conflict and land dispute in the Apaa region of Uganda have left over 100,000 people without access to basic healthcare. The lack of facilities has resulted in low immunization rates and preventable deaths among mothers and children.
Why it matters
This highlights a severe humanitarian crisis where political and territorial disputes directly impede the delivery of essential health services.
Health officials have revealed that the absence of a health facility in the contested Apaa area of Adjumani District has left more than 100,000 people without access to basic healthcare, sparking a measles outbreak and contributing to the deaths of mothers and children.
The area, which is highly contested between the Acholi and Madi communities, has for years lacked a government health facility due to the unresolved border conflict and its location within a government wildlife reserve.
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