
South Sudan: 10 years of independence, violence, disease and dire needs On 9 July 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its 10th birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody...
South Sudan: 10 years of independence, violence, disease and dire needs On 9 July 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its 10th birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody...
Joseph James Valadez1, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7000-868XSima Berendes1, Jackline Odhiambo1, William Vargas1, Baburam Devkota1, Richard Lako2, Caroline Jeffery1 Abstract Introduction Is achievement...
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While Africa has seen tremendous progress towards access to immunization, one in five African children still lack access to all the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended life-saving vaccines, a...
Monica RullEmail authorView ORCID ID profile, Sophie Masson, Nicolas Peyraud, Marco Simonelli, Alexandre Ventura, Claire Dorion, Francisco J. Luquero, Florent Uzzeni and Iza Cigleneki Conflict and...
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HIGHLIGHTS UNHAS scheduled to resume regular flights to South Kordofan and Blue Nile. With UN Darfur Fund support, 30 health facilities in Darfur will be rehabilitated, improving health care services...
Juba, 15 December 2017: the World Health Organization (WHO) is expanding on its partners’ engagement mechanisms to address critical barriers in reaching vulnerable persons including women and...
Introduction On 15 December 2013, heavy fighting broke out in South Sudan’s capital Juba and quickly spread to the Greater Upper Nile region. Countless lives and livelihoods were lost, entire...
Highlights Escalated conflict and security restrictions have significantly affected UNICEF’s ability to reach many areas with critical assistance in 2017. In response, the Rapid Response Mechanism...
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Appeal History and Background • Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): on May 20, 2015, 178,980 Swiss francs were initially allocated from IFRC’s DREF to support the National Society set up the...
JUBA, 8 July 2017 – Ahead of the sixth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, the hopes and dreams for the children of this fledgling nation have not materialised, UNICEF said today. Calling the...
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY East Africa faces one of the biggest humanitarian crises in its history. The number of people in need of food assistance has increased to 26.5 million and the number of refugees...
Highlights An updated Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) was released in June, highlighting that food security has deteriorated further in South Sudan. The severely food insecure...
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Overview This weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. WHO AFRO is currently monitoring 41 events: three Grade 3, seven Grade 2, six...
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The South Sudan Humanitarian Fund allocated $81.3 million during 2016 to 211 top priority projects under the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), agreed on through rigorous collective prioritization. ...
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Highlights • UNICEF and partners supported the treatment of 7,342 cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) (853 of these were children under the age of 18) in the hardest hit White Nile state. • In...
Highlights At the start of the year, IOM was conducting an average of 1,000 consultations per week. At the height of the latest escalation in fighting in April, that number more than doubled. IOM...
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In East Africa, DEC aid agencies are working around the clock to respond to the deepening crisis caused by ongoing conflict and drought. While lives are being saved, the number of those in need of...
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HIGHLIGHTS • One year on from the declaration of the cholera outbreak in South Sudan on 18 June 2016, new cases continue to be reported. • Early warning and mobilization of a large-scale,...
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