The US Ambassador to South Sudan and Hon Minister of Health visit Ebola Vaccination site in Juba
Juba, 8 May 2019 – Alice Baku (not real name) a clinician at the Juba teaching hospital said “I am glad I was vaccinated against Ebola Virus disease because prevention is better than cure”
South Sudan started vaccination of frontline and health care workers against Ebola on 28th January 2019 as one of the preparedness measures to stop Ebola from spreading into the country.
South Sudan revises its National Standard Treatment Guidelines to improve quality of care at community and health facility levels
6 May 2019, Juba – In South Sudan, the health system faces growing health needs and limited resources.
Policy makers at various levels are engaged in designing cost-effective health interventions that ensure accessible and affordable quality healthcare for all, in particular the poor and vulnerable groups.
South Sudan’s Ebola preparedness activities strengthen overall outbreak readiness
South Sudan intensifies efforts to control an ongoing measles outbreak
29 April 2019, Juba – To interrupt the transmission of the measles virus, the Ministry of Health for South Sudan, with support from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, IOM and other partners, have launched reactive measles campaigns to immunize children in affected locations and provide them with vitamin A supplementation.
To date, more than 310 582 children aged 6 months – 15 years have been vaccinated.
WHO provides life-saving health care to meet the urgent health needs of an internally displaced community in Rokon County, South Sudan
18 April 2019, Juba – The World Health Organization (WHO) emergency medical mobile team (EMMT) in collaboration with the Jubek State Ministry of Health and partners, supported the provision of the much-needed integrated essential lifesaving health care services to over 5 000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dulamaya Boma in Rokon County, Jubek State from 8 – 14 April 2019. This was in a bid to fulfil the recommendations of the initial rapid assessment conducted in March 2019.
The Ministry of Health with support from WHO and partners investigates a cluster of unexplained deaths in Jie payam, Kapoeta East
Juba, 8 April 2019 – The World Health Organization supported the Ministry of Health to conduct a rapid investigation following a report of a cluster of unexplained deaths of 6 females and a male received from the Ministry of Health in Kapoeta State, former Eastern Equatoria.
South Sudan launches Yellow Fever vaccination campaign to stop outbreak in Sakure, Nzara County, Gbudue State
Yambio, 25 March 2019 – The Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched a reactive yellow fever (YF) vaccination campaign in Sakure, Nzara County, Gbudue State to vaccinate 19 578 individuals aged 9 months to 65 years against YF.
The vaccination campaign follows the declaration of a yellow fever outbreak on 29 November 2018, where a total of three laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths have been reported after investigations were carried out in Sakure payam.
WHO and partners assess and respond to the health needs of over 5000 internally displaced population in Dulamaya, South Sudan
18 March 2019, Juba – The World Health Organization and partners conducted a joint inter-cluster needs assessment mission in Dulamaya, Rokon town, South Sudan to address the health needs of over 5000 internally displaced people.
WHO and partners in collaboration with the Ministry of Health investigate the suspected diarrheal diseases outbreak in Kuardeang, Fangak South
12 March 2019, Juba – The Ministry of Health of South Sudan, World Health Organization, and partners undertook a ground breaking joint mission on 11 March, 2019 to investigate the suspected diarrheal diseases outbreak in the remote and difficult terrain of Kuardeang payam in Fangak South.
Mass measles vaccination campaign underway in response to outbreak in Mayom, South Sudan
Mayom, 6 March 2019 – A campaign to immunize nearly 40,000 children against measles was launched today, 6 March 2019. The campaign is being carried out by the Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN’s Children Fund (UNICEF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It comes after a measles outbreak was recently confirmed in Mayom, former Unity State.