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Minister of Health, Dr Riek Gai Kok, addressing the press conterence on cholera in Juba, alongside the Minister of Health for Central Equatoria State, Hon. Dr. Felix Ladu and WHO Country Representative Dr. Tarande Manzila

Cholera Outbreak Declared in Juba County of South Sudan

Juba, 23 June 2015: The Minister of Health in the Republic of South…
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WHO South Sudan Laboratory Scientist, Jane Pita, conducts a rapid test on a specimen during a cholera investigation

Enhanced preparedness and surveillance may reduce magnitude of cholera in South Sudan

Juba, 17 June 2015 -- WHO has been assisting the Ministry of Health…
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WHO in South Sudan supported a mobile blood donor drive in Juba on 7 June 2015. Give freely, give often. Blood donation matters

01. Happy to give blood, as every drop counts. 02. A donor has his…
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Vaccines allocated for Bentiu being loaded onto a plane

WHO Supports Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaigns in South Sudan

Juba, 5 June 2015: WHO has begun a series of Oral Cholera Vaccination…
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Health in South Sudan, Issue 1. Volume 3

This newsletter covers critical issues and achievements by WHO in…
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Juba Council employees clean up the city during the public awareness campaign

South Sudan marks World Health Day 2015 under the theme: From farm to plate, make food safe

South Sudan on 7 April 2015 joined the rest of the world to mark…
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Dr. Manzila, WHO Representative to South Sudan hands the bunch of keys for the ambulances to Dr. Makur Matur Kariom, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health

WHO donates ambulances and vehicles at World Health Day commemoration in South Sudan

On 7 April WHO marked World Health Day with a donation of 10…
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WHO contributes Dispensary Tents and Ambulances to strengthen Health Services in Pibor

WHO on 20 February handed over 12 dispensary tents and two ambulances…
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Margaret Dudu, now fully recovered from cholera is grateful to health partners for treating her and providing her with information to prevent the disease in future

Health partners appeal for funds to meet South Sudan’s priority needs in 2015

When Margaret Dudu, a 30-year old mother of two, visited her mother…
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Cholera prevention measures reduce transmission among displaced people in South Sudan

When violence erupted in South Sudan at the end of 2013, tens of…
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