Further east, MSF provides kala azar and referral services in Jaibor and Lankien for a target population of approximately 150,000. A water and sanitation programme began in January 1998 to drill ten boreholes. The primary health care programme expanded to Kaikuny and Watt districts in April. Two new health care units are being built to cover the basic needs of an estimated 50,000 people. In September 1997, MSF began renovating Kajo Kaji hospital, providing essential equipment, training and relaunching activities in the rebuilt laboratory.
Emergency preparedness is also important.
Assistance to IDPs in Maridi and Mundri counties focused on endemic disease control, managing a 48-bed rural hospital and TB treatment. This also covers measles vaccinations, training for traditional birth attendants and a primary health care centre in Bari camp, primary health care units in Kuluwe and Lacha camps and emergency preparedness for further IDP influxes. Up to 300,000 people benefited from these programme, which closed in March 1998 as other NGOs are now present and improvements have been made. MSF has been working for four years, on and off, in the rebel-held areas of Bahr el Ghazal. Mobile clinics offer EPI and out-patient services to the pastoralist community during the dry season, and there is support for five primary health care units.