In September of this year Uganda declared a state of emergency after floods swept across the country sweeping away houses and washing away crops.  These floods also impacted 16 other countries on the continent killing at least 200 and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Uganda State Minister for Disaster Preparedness Mr. Musa Ecweru warned that floods would spread to other parts of the country and those at high risk are Karamoja and West Nile, Busoga and some parts of Buganda region.  Metrology experts have predicted that the heavy rains will continue up to November and in some parts of the country, up to December.

He said the humanitarian situation in the areas is unimaginably unbearable adding that although there is no outbreak of disease yet, six to eight weeks after the floods have recessed, will be the "most critical" and "troublesome period in terms of health.

"That is when most epidemics will break out," he said.