By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has relaunched a guideline that will help the country in combating the HIV pandemic. The guideline spells out the prevention and treatment of the pandemic. Alongside, the country’s Health Ministry also received a Data Management Unit from its health partners ICAP and as well the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) […]
By Simon Deng An outbreak of whooping cough in Cueibet County of South Sudan’s Lakes State has claimed the life of two children, John Rumunu, the Director General for Preventive Health Services said. Whooping cough is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent cough and causes […]
By Ruot George Aid workers at Maban County hospital in Upper Nile State have have returned to work after a two-day strike over salaries. The group went on strike on January 31, also demanding for better working conditions from the Dutch international charity group Cordaid which employed them. It all started when some staffs were […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Flood waters are subsiding in South Sudan but malaria is taking toll in some of the worst hit areas. More ground is being recovered after the floods in Unity State but stagnant ponds of water have become hotbed breeding spots for mosquitoes, the carriers of the parasite. In Unity State capital […]
By WHO in South Sudan Kai Koang, at the crack of dawn on a Tuesday morning, armed with his loud megaphone tightly held to his mouth and moving from house-to-house, stormed site D of the highly populated Bentiu internally displaced persons (IDP) camp passing on good news – on the commencement of the oral cholera […]
Tapeng Michael OhurePlans to vaccinate communities in 20 counties in South Sudan as a preventive measure against cholera are complete and the actual innoculation is set to commence on January 25, the Director General for Emergency Preparedness and Preventive Health Services, Dr. John Rumunu said.According to the Ministry of Health, there is no cholera in […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Ngok Joseph Maker Gordon was in excruciating pain since 2019 when a needle pierced his ear. Three years down the road, his pain came to be eased in January 2022 after expert treatment by a group of Chinese medics posted to the South Sudanese capital Juba. Gordon’s parents, Joseph Maker Gordon, […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s health ministry says it plans to vaccinate people in flood affected areas against cholera beginning this week. “At the movement we are working with our partners to effect oral cholera vaccination in all flood affected areas, we have identified 20 counties as at risk and we have activated cholera vaccination […]
By Simon Deng The World Health Organization has issued a warning on overcrowding as South Sudanese exalt in the festive season, noting that COVID-19 is far from over. The public and especially those with underlying health problems have been urged to stay indoors in order to limit access to the global pandemic. “For people with […]
By Simon Deng The ministry of health in South Sudan, following several deaths from an undiagnosed illness from the northern County of Fangak reported that the fast-spreading illness, which has claimed lives of 89 in Jonglei state is attributed to malaria. “It is worth noting that this time of the year, malaria is expected to […]