SOUTH SUDAN—Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has deployed a team of technical experts to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) in South Sudan to investigate and…
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MSF warns that the debilitating situation in Sudan has led to a Measles outbreak: VOA
SUDAN— Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and multiple health organizations, have confirmed that in Sudan’s White Nile state, at least 13 children have died over the past week due to a suspected…
Read MoreUNFPA receives US$8.4M from Sweden to improve the health of women and girls in South Sudan
SOUTH SUDAN— The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) fourth country program on sexual and reproduction health and rights for South Sudan, has received US$8.4 million from Sweden. The funding is…
Read MoreSouth Sudan declares measles outbreak after 22 counties get affected
SOUTH SUDAN – South Sudan has declared an outbreak of measles following a constant rise in the number of confirmed cases over the last 38 epidemiological weeks. John Rumunu, director…
Read MoreSouth Sudan secures US$5M from the US for integrated health service delivery
SOUTH SUDAN – The Republic of South Sudan has secured US$5M in funding from the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to support an integrated…
Read MoreSouth Sudan unveils its 5-yr Pharmacy Policy and Strategy
SOUTH SUDAN – The Republic of South Sudan has formally released a new five-year strategy dubbed the 2022 Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy that provides an overall framework for governance, regulation…
Read MoreSouth Sudan rolls out reactive measles campaign amid resurgence
SOUTH SUDAN – The Republic of South Sudan has kick-started a reactive measles vaccination campaign in Juba County targeting 37,390 children aged between 6 months to 14 years amid the…
Read MoreSouth Sudan links with WHO and World Bank to build disease surveillance and response capacities
SOUTH SUDAN – The South Sudan Ministry of Health, World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank Group have teamed up to strengthen national disease surveillance and response capacities for early…
Read MoreSouth Sudan debuts the world’s mass vaccination campaign against hepatitis E
SUDAN – South Sudan’s Ministry of Health has partnered with the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to kick off the world’s first mass vaccination campaign against hepatitis E which has benefitted…
Read MoreSouth Sudan intensifies efforts to contain cholera outbreak
SOUTH SUDAN – The South Sudan Government has collaborated its health sector partners and stakeholders to conduct two rounds of oral cholera vaccination in Rubkona County, Unity State in January…
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