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DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Ebola Virus Disease Poe Preparedness KISORO, KANUNGU, RUKUNGIRI, RUBIRIZI, NTOROKO, KASESE and BUNDIBUGYO D DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness KISORO, KANUNGU, RUKUNGIRI, RUBIRIZI, NTOROKO, KASESE AND BUNDIBUGYO DISTRICTS 12 August 2019 - 25 August 2019 (Information included in this dashboard are based on raw data provided by Ugandan Red Cross Society and are consolidated through the district data analysts.) DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Period: From 12-08-2019 to 25-08-2019 Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness at Screening Points – KISORO District Number of (from 12 August to 25 August 2019) Number of screenings Screenings Persons isolated Persons referred 90000 82,737 W Â Ğ 80000 172,819 20 0 70000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60000 Cumulative since 08 April 2019 50000 40000 1,467,196 209 6 30000 24,363 18,997 18,856 20000 8,235 7,622 7,205 3,189 10000 1,615 Males 0 Children xx Bunagana Busanza Kanombe Busigi Cyanika Kibaya Rugabano Muko Nteko 20% Females 1,615 47% 33% xx Number of screenings Total number of screenings, disaggregated by gender and age WOMEN MEN ^ \ X 6% (under 5 years old) 3,189 42% 7% 84,033 78,064 10,722 52% 24,363 44% 49% OVERVIEW 13% 41% Screening operation 18,856 46% • Kisoro has twenty-one (21) Points of Entry (PoEs) referenced and of these, nine (9) have active screening operations in place. Two (2) of them are official PoEs (Cyanika and Bunagana). 6% • A total of 172,819 screenings have been completed at eight (8) PoEs at the border with the Democratic 25% 7,205 Republic of the Congo (DRC) and at one (1) PoE with Rwanda. 3% • Bunagana and Busanza alone registered approximately 62% of the total flow in Kisoro. Bunagana is 39% 69% 7,622 58% the only official PoE bordering with DRC while Busanza is unofficial PoE but a very busy trade hub between DRC and Uganda. • Bunagana registered the highest number of persons screened (82,737). 2% 5% 40% 82,737 48% 8,235 Demographic 47% 58% • Ratio of adult females and adult males 49:45. 8% • 6% of the flow were children under 5 years old. 41% 18,997 • 20% and 13% of the flow in Nteko and Kanombe respectively were children under 5 years old. 51% • More adult females crossed in Kibaya (69%) and Rugabano (58%) than adult males. Screening activities DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Period: From 12-08-2019 to 25-08-2019 Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness at Screening Points – KISORO District DETAILS PER POE Total Screenings by Adults, Sex and Percentage of Children The type of flows is influenced by the land configuration 50,000 25% (mountainous, forest…) and the type of PoE (formal or 45,000 40,124 informal). The type of access road (main road or rural road) 40,000 38,703 20% influences the type of flow as well as the reason for travelling. 35,000 20% The presence of markets and agricultural activities is a pull 30,000 7% 13% 15% factor and may attract more adult women than adult men. 25,000 8% 20,000 10% Nteko and Kanombe registered high flow of children under 5 2% 6% 3% 6% 12,015 15,000 5% 10,756 years old due to high numbers of women working in the 8,814 7,714 7,802 10,000 9,634 5% markets or in the fields that cross with their toddlers since they 2,836 4,173 3,267 4,814 1,923 5,232 1,660 5,000 1,345 spend the entire day out of their residences. 750 535 0 0% Bunagana Busanza Kanombe Busigi Cyanika Kibaya Rugabano Muko Nteko Males Females %Children FEMALES OVER 5 YEARS Total children under 5 years old screened MALES OVER 5 YEARS 84,033 49% 2500 78,064 45% 1,958 2000 1,952 1500 1,347 1,122 1000 809 802 783 618 500 281 186 181 149 104 99 92 85 84 70 0 MALES UNDER 5 YEARS FEMALES UNDER 5 YEARS Bunagana Busanza Kanombe Busigi Cyanika Kibaya Rugabano Muko Nteko 5,095 5,627 3% 3% Males under 5 years old Females under 5 years old DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Period: From 12-08-2019 to 25-08-2019 Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness at Screening Points – KISORO District PEAK OF FLOWS Weekdays peak of flow On market days, the average daily flow peaks were recorded in Bunagana on Tuesday (12,970 persons) and Friday (4,924 persons), Busanza (7,713 persons) on Saturday, and Busigi on Saturday (3,297 persons). Market places are generally in the proximity of a PoE, (within 1 km). Based on data from 12 August to 25 August 2019 DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Period: From 12-08-2019 to 25-08-2019 Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness at Screening Points – KANUNGU District Number of (from 12 August to 25 August 2019) NUMBER OF PERSONS SCREENED Screenings Persons isolated Persons referred 9000 8,449 8000 6,326 W Â Ğ 7000 6,243 5,810 5,806 41,443 5 - 6000 5000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4000 Cumulative since 08 April 2019 3000 2,561 2,040 1,783 362,686 323 5 2000 1,536 889 1000 26% 0 37% 889 Munyaga1 Munyaga2 Ishasha2 Mwanjari Kashenyi Kyeshero Kabingo Nyakirehe Kyabuyorwa Ishasha1 upper 37% 2% Total number of screenings, disaggregated by gender and age 26% 6,243 72% ^ \ X (under 5 years old) 5% 18,069 20,192 3,182 39% 5,810 56% 5% 2,040 48% 47% Overview Screening operation 28% 38% • Of the twenty (20) PoEs referenced, ten (10) have active screening operations in place. Two (2) of 1,536 them are official PoEs (Ishasha2 and Kyeshero/Butogota). 34% • A total of 41,443 screenings have been done at ten (10) PoEs at the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 8% • Muyanga1 registered the highest number of persons screened (8,449) followed by Muyanga2 42% 11% 1,763 (6,326). 50% 6,326 45% 5% 44% Demographic 43% 8,449 • Ratio of adult males and adult females 49:43 52% 10% • 8% were children under 5 years old. 2,561 44% • Children under 5 years old constituted 21% and 26% of the flow in Ishaha1 and Kyabuyorwa upper 46% respectively. 9% • More adult males than adult females crossed at Ishasha2 (72%) mainly due to cross-border trading 5,806 45% 46% activities at Ishasha2 official PoE. Screening activities DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Period: From 12-08-2019 to 25-08-2019 Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness at Screening Points – KANUNGU District DETAILS PER POE Total Screened by Adults, Sex and Percentage of Children 5,000 30% 4,470 26% 4,500 4,416 25% 4,000 3,597 3,500 20% 21% 2,884 2,833 3,000 2,810 2,681 2,639 2,500 2,476 15% 2,000 11% 10% 1,651 5% 8% 1,442 10% 1,500 8% 994 933 5% 905 861 1,000 839 5% 568 2% 562 5% 407 500 293 0 0% Munyaga1 Munyaga2 Ishasha2 Mwanjari Kashenyi Kyeshero Kabingo Nyakirehe Kyabuyorwa Ishasha1 upper Males Females %Children FEMALES OVER 5 YEARS MALES OVER 5 YEARS 18,069 20,192 43% In Kyabuyorwa upper and Ishasha 1, the higher percentage of children under 5 years old is 49% explained by the number of women, mainly asylum seekers, entering Uganda through these informal PoEs. The type of flows is influenced by the land configuration (mountainous, forest…) and the type of PoE (formal or informal). The type of access road (main road or rural road) influences the type of flow as well as the reason for travelling. The presence of markets and agricultural activities is a pull factor and may attract more adult women than men. MALES UNDER 5 FEMALES UNDER 5 YEARS YEARS 1,672 1,510 4% 4% DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Period: From 12-08-2019 to 25-08-2019 Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness at Screening Points – KANUNGU District 213 223 Total screening for Males and Females under 5 years old 400 371 312 300 263 259 227 205 201 200 187 104 98 97 92 68 61 100 61 57 43 40 0 Munyaga2 Ishasha2 Mwanjari Kashenyi Kyeshero Kabingo Nyakirehe Kyabuyorwa upper Ishasha1 PEAK OF FLOW Weekdays peak of flow During the reporting period, the average daily flow peaks were recorded on market days in Kashenyi on Monday (1,505 persons), and in Muyanga 1 (2,094 persons), Muyanga 2 (2,021 persons) and Nyakirehe (789 persons) on Thursday. Market places are generally in the proximity of a PoE (within 1 km). Based on data from 12 August to 25 August 2019 DASHBOARD IOM UGANDA Period: From 12-08 -2019 to 25-08-2019 Ebola Virus Disease PoE Preparedness at Screening Points – RUBIRIZI District Number of screenings Number of (from 12 August to 25 August 2019) Screenings Persons isolated Persons referred 6000 W Â Ğ 5000 5,308 41 0 4000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 5,308 3000 Cumulative since 29 April 2019 2,149 41,309 318 3 2000 1,159 1,060 940 1000 0 Katunguru Kashaka Kazinga Kisenyi Grand Total Total number of screenings, disaggregated by gender and age ^ \ X (under 5 years old) 600 4,694 14 1,159 Males Children 9 99% 21% Females OVERVIEW 2,149 xx 79% Screening operation 10% xx Number of screenings • All the four (4) landing sites referenced are informal PoEs and have active 1,060 screening operations in place. 89% • A total of 5,308 screenings have been completed at four (4) PoEs on Lake Edward, Lake George and along Kazinga Chanel. • Katunguru registered the highest number of persons screened (2,149) followed by Kashaka (1,159).
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