Inadequate funding, insecurity affect COVID-19 vaccine drive in South Sudan
Brenda Dineen, WHO Covax Coordinator,Sacha Bootsma,WHO covid-19 Incident Manager and John Rumunu,health ministry,covid-19 Incident Manager By Simon Deng Low funding,...
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Cut off by floods, human, livestock health remain dire in Unity state
By Chondok Stephen Magei Despite a respite in the floods in the country, communities living around the oil fields in...
South Sudan secures funding for Intensive Disease Unit
Health officials addressing reporters on COVID-19 situation in Juba By Simon Deng South Sudan has secured funding to run the...
480,000 livestock targeted in vaccination drive
Minister Onyoti Adigo Nyikech vaccinates a cow By Paul Jimbo The National and the Central Equatoria State Ministry of Animal...
South Sudan revives HIV treatment guidelines
Minister of Health, Elizabeth Acuei Yol By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has relaunched a guideline that will help the country...
Children succumb to whooping cough in Lakes State
John Rumunu, the Director General for Preventive Health Services By Simon Deng An outbreak of whooping cough in Cueibet County...
Aid workers in Maban abort strike over salary
By Ruot George Aid workers at Maban County hospital in Upper Nile State have have returned to work after a...
Despite receding flood waters, malaria takes toll in Unity State
By Chondok Stephen Magei Flood waters are subsiding in South Sudan but malaria is taking toll in some of the...
Over 200 000 people receive cholera vaccine in flooded hotspots in South Sudan
By WHO in South Sudan Kai Koang, at the crack of dawn on a Tuesday morning, armed with his loud...
South Sudan begins cholera preventive vaccination
Tapeng Michael OhurePlans to vaccinate communities in 20 counties in South Sudan as a preventive measure against cholera are complete...
Recuperating South Sudanese family hails treatment by Chinese medics
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Ngok Joseph Maker Gordon was in excruciating pain since 2019 when a needle pierced his ear....
Health ministry to introduce oral cholera vaccines this week
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s health ministry says it plans to vaccinate people in flood affected areas against cholera beginning...
