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Participants posing for a group photo. Photo WHO

South Sudan completes the self-assessment for the implementation of the Joint External Evaluation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

25 September 2017, Juba – The Ministry of Health, Republic of South…
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The mobile medical team reaching the vulnerable population in Movolo. Photo WHO.

WHO’s emergency mobile medical teams provide lifesaving health services in famine-affected and hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan

26 September 2017, Juba – WHO’s emergency medical mobile teams are…
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His Excellency Ambassador Alan Hamson hands the bunch of keys for the maternity complexes to the Honorable Minister Dr Riek Gai Kok. Photo WHO

WHO with funding from the Government of Canada inaugurates newly constructed maternity complexes in Awiel and Kuajok

19 September 2017, Juba – As part of its efforts to ensure the…
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Medical supplies allocated to flood affected areas being dispatched to partners. Photo WHO

WHO and partners respond to flood crises in the former Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Upper Nile States of South Sudan

18 September 2017, Juba – The World Health Organization (WHO) in…
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Dr Riek Gai Kok, the Honorable Minister of Health is ready to take Ivermectin tablets administered by WHO NTD Program manager at the Freedom Square Ground in Tonj State. Photo WHO.

South Sudan launches the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN)

Juba, 8 September 2017: The Ministry of Health (MOH) with support…
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Mr Evans Liyosi, WHO South Sudan Representative a.i. addressing the community on the Cash Reward programme for reporting of Guinea Worm Disease in Tonj State. Photo WHO.

WHO and the Carter Center supports the cash reward programme for reporting of Guinea Worm Disease in Tonj State, South Sudan

5 September 2017, Tonj State, South Sudan– the Ministry of Health,…
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The WHO rapid response team training frontline health workers on malaria diagnosis and treatment. Photo WHO.

South Sudan’s malaria toll highlights disease burden in war-torn nation

Malaria infections are on the rise in South Sudan, with more than 1.3…
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Dr Bakhit Mawien, Director General Wau Teaching Hospital donating blood. He said, We can live without one arm or one eye but cannot live without blood

The Government of Japan and the World Health Organization support the Ministry of Health to boost Regional Blood Transfusion Services in South Sudan

Juba, 28 August 2017 – The Ministry of Health with support from the…
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Ingrid the HR member on the team addressing the WCO staff

WHO South Sudan Country Office undertakes a functional review 24-29 August, 2017

The functional review exercise for WHO South Sudan Country office…
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Jacqueline Maina, WHO Emergency Mobile Medical Team coordinator, administering Oral Cholera Vaccine in Kapoeta town. Credit WHO South Sudan

Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign to combat cholera in South Sudan concludes despite security and access challenges

The first round of an Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign in four…
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