South Sudan registers spike in cases of non-communicable diseases                                                                                        

Senior health officials have said cases of non-communicable diseases are on the rise amid weak health care system in South Sudan to treat them.

This was revealed by Janet Michael, the Director General for Midwifery at the National Ministry of Health.                                                                                                                                 

“We have communicable diseases like malaria and people go unconscious and then we have non-communicable diseases which are rising,” Michael told journalists last week in Juba during the celebration of the 15^th anniversary of the private owned International Medical Centre.  

 She said they have noticed increase in cases of high blood pressure, and stroke that need emergency care to resuscitate.

“We have heart conditions where people need high emergency and high dependency care,” Michael said.                                                                                                                                

Ian Clark, a Ugandan medical specialists and founder of the International Medical Centre, said he has been operating the health facility in South Sudan over the last 15 years.

 “First about 15 years ago, we started a very small clinic and we are now celebrating the opening of a a very good primary health care clinic,” he said.