HOW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS IN SOUTH SUDAN ARE FAILING TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH.
By: Rita James While Juba’s streets bustle with the activity of a growing city, a quietenvironmental disaster unfolds in the...
Health
First Vice President meets the Global Fund discuss improving the health care sector
The First Vice President meets the Global Fund and Gavi delegation to discuss improving the health care sector The first...
Government, UN launches Polio vaccination campaign targeting 3.1 million children
The government together with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched countrywide Polio...
Oil waste kills thousands of animals in Unity state
Authorities in Unity State have said that about 117,750 animals have died since January due to drinking water contaminated with...
South Sudan, Global Fund sign 167 mln USD funding agreement to fight HIV/AIDS
The South Sudan government together with the Global Fund on Wednesday signed funding agreement totaling 167 million U.S dollars to...
TNLA told to increase budget for health to tackle tropical diseases
The Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) has been urged to increase annual budget allocation to the health sector to enable...
Amid deadly hepatitis E outbreak, MSF launches mass vaccination campaign to reach-remote communities and prevent more deaths
By MSF Juba, 29 January 2024 - In response to a deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan, MSF has...
VP Abdelbagi to push for 10 percent budgetary allocation to health sector
The Vice President for Service Cluster Hussein Abdelbagi Akol on Tuesday promised to push for the increment of budgetary allocation...
China donates medicines and equipment to support health services in South Sudan
The Chinese government on Thursday donated medicines and equipment to support health services in South Sudan’s main referral hospital. Harriet...
Northern Bahr El Ghazal residents urged to test for HIV/AIDS
The national minister of health Yolanda Awel Deng Juach has appealed to residents to always undergo voluntary test for sexually...
South Sudan declares yellow fever outbreak
South Sudan declared on Sunday outbreak of hemorrhagic yellow fever in Western Equatoria State. Yolanda Awel Deng Juach, the minister...
4 children die of rabies in Aweil
At least four children have died of rabies in Aweil North County of Northern Bahr El Ghazal state, according to...
