Malaria in South Sudan: prevention is key By MSF “I will stay here until she gets better,” said Rebecca Achol...
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan will receive 60,000 doses of the AstraZeneca by Tuesday, a World Health Organisation official...
By Simon Deng Floods continue to pound in South Sudan, and are denying pregnant women across the country access to antenatal check-ups as well as other health needs. Out of ten States in the war-torn country, eight have been hit by the floods which have caused the Nile river and...
By Tapeng Michael Ohure The sight of a dead drunk person in broad day light is very common in South...
By Richard Sultan The needs of children are rapidly rising in South Sudan were worsening floods have displaced three-quarters of...
By Denis Ejulu Xu Qingtian, a 35 -year- old Chinese medical doctor and his three South Sudanese colleagues are relying on a smart phone connected to endoscope to detect ear, nose and throat (ENT) disorders among patients within Juba Teaching hospital. Xu who is a member of the 9th batch...
By Tapeng Michael Ohure The undersecretary in South Sudan Ministry of Health, Victoria Anib Majur was suspended this week. While...
By Richard Sultan South Sudan’s Health Minister Elizabeth Acuai Yol has suspended the ministry’s undersecretary Dr. Victoria Anib Majur over...
By Simon Deng Several mothers who have recently visited nutrition center in Malual Agor Bar, located on the outskirts of Bor, capital of South Sudan’s jonglei state, are now grateful to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for providing life-saving support to their malnourished children. Alual Madol, a mother of four...
By Denis Ejulu The ninth batch of the Chinese medical team that recently arrived in South Sudan has commenced work....
By Simon Deng Bor state hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei is facing so many challenges ranging from shortage of drugs...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency’s chief described on Wednesday as “an historic day” for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease. The vaccine is geared towards children, in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high transmission. The recommendation to begin...