South Sudan News News South Sudan » Health: UNHCR and partners race to reverse alarming health situation in South Sudan camps
In South Sudan, UNHCR and partners are intensifying efforts to reverse the alarming rates of malnutrition, disease and death in two camps hosting Sudanese refugees. Health workers in Yida camp in ...
News South Sudan » Health: Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as war enters fourth year
As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies in ruins, with no end to the violence in sight, UN agencies said on ...
News South Sudan » Health: Aid agencies in South Sudan decry restricted access as government and opposition troops fight
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Humanitarian organizations in South Sudan said Monday that restricted access to the conflict-hit eastern state of Jonglei has left thousands of people in need of lifesaving ...
News South Sudan » Health: Dead on arrival: South Sudan's devastated health system
South Sudan's healthcare system has been so crippled by years of corruption that when a state governor experienced high blood pressure recently, he had to fly to Kenya for treatment. Riek Gai Kok is ...
News South Sudan » Health: South Sudan: UNHCR tackles a health crisis
YUSIF BATIL CAMP, South Sudan, August 29 (UNHCR) - Haram Yakub, 25, sits on a hospital bed holding her infant daughter to her breast. After more than a week of being unable to keep anything down due ...
News South Sudan » Health: ‘Children are bound to die’: Corruption, aid cuts and violence fuel a hunger crisis in South Sudan
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At 14 months, Adut ...
News South Sudan » Health: Refugee despair deepens as food cuts fuel mental health crisis in northern Uganda
Scarcity and trauma push refugees toward mental health breaking point. When Justine Ayek Bol fled violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State in 2018, arriving at Palabek refugee settlement in northern ...
News South Sudan » Health: What’s happening in South Sudan? 10 million people need help
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country, gaining independence in 2011. However, hopes for stability were quickly undermined: a brutal civil war from 2013 to 2018 killed hundreds of thousands of ...