By Simon Deng The national ministry of health in South Sudan on Tuesday said it plans to expand immunization coverage by up to 95 percent for children across the country. Atem Nathan Riak, Director General for Primary Health Care said that the current vaccine immunization coverage stands at 82 percent, adding they hope to increase […]
By Staff Writer, South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has on Wednesday evening fired his health minister, Elizabeth Acuei and replaced her with Yolanda Awel Deng. The health ministry docket is designated for the opposition group (SPLM-IO) headed by first vice president Riek Machar. The decrees relieving Elizabeth Acuei and for appointing Yolanda Awel Deng were […]
By Simon Deng Partners are demanding South Sudan to increase interventions in the health sector, increasing capacity of the workforce and improve services. There is need for government input through establishment of good public health programs and enhancement of workforce development in the sector, Sudhir Bunga, the country representative for the Center for Disease Control, […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Stemming from floods that have failed to recede, communities in South Sudan that have been forced to flee continue to lack amenities including in the health sector. In Unity State, in a region that have faced many setbacks since independence including devastating floods, Hepatitis E is emerging as a real threat […]
By Simon Deng When war arrived at the door of South Sudan’s Upper Nile State in January 2014, all hell broke loose amid plundering and looting of vital basic necessities. Plunder and devastation reigned and service delivery stalled. That war, which began in December 2013 left 400,000 people dead across the country, displaced four million […]
By Simon Deng Malakal Teach Hospital, the main health referral facility in Upper Nile State is struggling with poor medical administration and understaffing. The hospital has only two functional departments including the outpatient and obstetric and gynaecology, Khat Deng Ayiei, the Medical Director of the facility told Juba Echo in an interview. It is one […]
By Simon Deng Low funding, misinformation and insecurity are setting back the COVID-19 vaccine drive in South Sudan, Sacha Bootsma, the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 Incident Manager, said. A contrasting figure however is that the country has vaccinated 85.1 percent of its health care workers, a figure much higher than in other African countries, Bootsma […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Despite a respite in the floods in the country, communities living around the oil fields in Unity State continue to suffer from ill health including diarrhoea as a result of drinking contaminated water. And their livestock too are facing the same fate. In Jaak Payam near Tharjiath oilfield in Koch County, […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan has secured funding to run the Infectious Disease Unit for a third of the year, Dr. John Rumunu, the COVID-19 Incident Manager at the country’s Ministry of Health said. The Infectious Disease Unit is taking the lead in combatting COVID-19 in the country. “We had challenges with funding of IDU […]
By Paul Jimbo The National and the Central Equatoria State Ministry of Animal Resources, Fisheries and Tourism have launched a major animal vaccination campaign to rid the country of myriad livestock diseases. In the event attended by both the National Minister Hon. Onyoti Adigo Nyikech and his state line ministry counterpart Hon. Alex Lotiyu graced […]