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South Sudan: Urgent Action Needed to Address Growing Cholera Outbreak
MSF, 13 November 2024
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has set up a 20-bed cholera treatment unit (CTU) at the Renk Civil Hospital in South Sudan, in response to a cholera outbreak declared… Read more »
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South Sudan: Hunger and Cholera Crises Escalate in South Sudan, As Needs Surge
UN News, 1 November 2024
South Sudan is facing a spiralling humanitarian crisis with hunger and cholera cases escalating in several parts of the country. UN agencies on Friday called for more international… Read more »
Calls For 'Urgent Action' To Curb South Sudan's Cholera Outbreak
Medecins Sans Frontières has called on aid organizations to help curb the "growing" cholera outbreak declared in October.
The group said an MSF-supported treatment center in the Upper Nile State has received dozens of cholera cases, with most patients arriving from the war in neighboring Sudan, where a similar outbreak was declared in August 2024. "However, the MSF teams have also received patients from the local population of Renk," the aid group said in a statement.
The UN had earlier warned that the country was facing a "spiralling" humanitarian crisis "with hunger and cholera cases escalating in several parts of the country". It called for more international support to help ease the "widespread suffering".
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The International Organization for Migration has called for rapid action to prevent a cholera epidemic from spiraling out of control as the rainy season in the country progresses. Read more »
Women from South Sudan sanitise hands at the Ugandan border point of Elegu in Amuru District before entering the country as one of the measures to control the spread of cholera.
