This includes a group of 1,300 on 3 October 1994. Currently, there are some 15,000 unaccompanied children registered in NGO-run centres within Rwanda and some 12,000 in Goma. The majority of the remainder are thought to be with foster families, in adolescent-headed families, or grouped together in camps. WHO has asked health partners to report any cases of meningitis to WHO or to the Ministry of Health, which has an epidemic Surveillance System, before making decisions on vaccination campaigns. WHO has found that dysentery is the second most common cause of morbidity after malaria.
Dysentery is however the leading cause of death.
Representatives from the Ministry of Rehabilitation met with these NGO representatives on Thursday 6 October, to discuss guidelines for NGOs working in Rwanda. The Ministry is drafting a proposal classification of NGOs, registration procedures and reporting. NGO representatives and the Ministry of Rehabilitation will meet again on Friday 14, October to discuss the proposal further. The government is passing a law on 15 October to force squatters to move out of homes they have occupied since the end of the war. This is an attempt to ensure that the homes will be returned to their rightful owners.