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Remarks by H.E. Hussein Abdelbagi, Vice Precedent of Service Cluster Health Sector during the Leadership and Governance Conference

Ministry of Health in Collaboration with WHO convenes Health Sector Leadership and Governance Conference to improve capacities for effective health governance and leadership

Juba, 18 August 2021 – To strengthen governance and leadership…
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Children receiving vaccines under a tree in the hard-to-reach Nadiangere village in South Sudan

Ensuring access to healthcare services in hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan

As a team of health workers from the State Ministry of Health in…
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Strengthening essential healthcare services

WHO to expand support in strengthening the delivery of primary health care and essential health services through Canadian grant

3 August 2021, Juba  - As part of its efforts to ensure the delivery…
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A health worker gives an injectable inactivated polio vaccine in Juba

South Sudan launches a nationwide second dose of routine Inactivated Polio Vaccine introduction to protect children against all types of poliovirus

Juba, 1 July 2021 – South Sudan has reached another milestone by…
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Vaccination campaigns against yellow fever in three Counties ofCentral Equatoria State

Over 56 000 individuals vaccinated against Yellow Fever in Morobo, Lainya and Yei River Counties of Central Equatoria State, South Sudan

The Ministry of Health with support from Eliminate Yellow Fever…
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Dr John Rumunu, Director General for Preventive Health Services at the Ministry of Health addressing participants during the opening session of the Joint Risk Assessment

Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) accomplished for effective control of zoonotic diseases in South Sudan

Juba -to improve the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases, the…
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The first person in the country to be vaccinated against the virus was the Hon. Minister of Health Elizabeth Achuei

COVID-19 vaccination kicks-off in South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan 6 April 2021 – South Sudan’s COVID-19 vaccination…
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ICU beds delivered to the IDU

South Sudan: African Development Bank and WHO enhance COVID-19 case management

Juba, South Sudan, 3 April 2021 -The African Development Bank and WHO…
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South Sudan receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility

South Sudan receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility

Juba, 25 March 2021 – Today 132,000 doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-…
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WHO delivered lifesaving medicines and medical supplies to assist the internally displaced people, returnees and host communities in Lainya, Wonduruba and Katigiri counties of Central Equatoria State

WHO delivered essential medicines and medical supplies to the communities in Lainya, Wonduruba and Katigiri counties of South Sudan

Juba - The World Health Organization (WHO) delivered lifesaving…
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