South Sudan’s ministry of health said Sunday it has already scaled up its response following the outbreak of cholera in...
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The government has pledged to recover the faltering healthcare system, said John Rumunu, the Director-General for Preventive Health Services during...
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Wednesday warned of severe health crisis in South Sudan due to funding shortfall. “After years of protracted conflict and recurrent humanitarian crises, South Sudan´s health system was already on life support, and these cuts will further cripple a chronically underfunded public health system struggling to...
More than 900,000 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 since April last year when the vaccination campaign commenced in...
The United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) estimated that about 1.4 million children are projected to suffer from malnutrition...
The HIV/AIDS epidemic could send many young people in South Sudan to their graves while still in their prime if the government does not step up funding for sensitization and awareness. Achol Ayom Dor, the Deputy Chairperson South Sudan HIV/AIDS Commission Thursday, said they lack enough budgetary funding to reach...
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday revealed plans to set up it’s first fistula center within...
South Sudan’s HIV/AIDS data is full of discrepancies, therefore, rendering it inaccurate and unreliable for policymakers. This has been confirmed...
As international donors scale down funding for the health sector, the Central Equatoria State government is now seeking public-private partnership (PPP) to plug the holes. “The health sector will hugely depend on investment in health through the private sector, the whole world is moving towards partnership with the private sector,” said Nejua Juma Mursal, the state minister of health in...
The South Sudan Red Cross has donated 200 mosquito nets and 400 washing soap to 200 inmates in Bentiu main...
The Unity State Ministry of Health has recorded 130 new cases of cholera outbreak within the first two weeks of...
Some nurses and midwives in Jonglei State have lamented the dire state of their professions saying they have been neglected. Speaking during the commemoration of International Nurses Day (IND), Anyieth John, the chairperson of Jonglei State Nurses & Midwives said the work environment for the health professionals remained unfriendly. “As...
