May 25, 2018, Geneva/Juba (SSNA) — At the 71st World Health Assembly today, 194 countries adopted a resolution on “Addressing the burden of snakebite envenoming.” This resolution is expected to provide a strong mandate for the World Health Organization secretariat to implement an ambitious snakebite ‘roadmap,’ mobilising governments and donors to respond to snakebite with…
Malakal, May 18, 2018 (SSNA) — Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is today officially opening its new hospital in Malakal town to replace a temporary field structure the organisation had been using until now. The new hospital increases the quality of health care MSF provides to all the population in the nothern part…
Juba, April 30, 2018 (SSNA) — The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also known as Doctors Without Borders said it medical personnel have stopped working at its healthcare clinic after a violent armed robbery was carried out against the employees. MSF explained in a statement that a group of heavily armed unknown gunmen stopped the agency’s workers…
Juba, March 17, 2018 (SSNA) — The European Union (EU) has donated eight million euros (approx. $10 million) to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help with its humanitarian operations in South Sudan. UNICEF said the donation its personnel to provide “psychosocial support, life-saving vaccines, and nutritional supplements” services to South Sudanese children, adding…
Akobo, March 13, 2018 (SSNA) — A non-governmental organization has started its mobile medical operations in South Sudan’s remote areas where medial care is not available. The Geneva-based Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known in its English name as Doctors Without Borders gives medical cares to people who live mostly in remote locations. The agency…
Juba/Bor, February 19, 2018 (SSNA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it support the health response carried out in Bor South County after the alleged food poisoning. The announcement came just a day after suspected food poisoning was reported on February 18. Reports suggested that more than 400 people were admitted at Bor…
Juba, July 20, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations’ health agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), will next week launch a vaccination campaign to minimize the spread of cholera, the UN said. The WHO said it will begin the campaign on July 28 and expects the process to end on August 3. The announcement comes the…
Bentiu/Juba, November 16, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese living inside a UN camp in South Sudan’s Unity State are facing humanitarian problems, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) International has warned. The independent medical humanitarian agency which operates a hospital inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) in Bentiu says there are alarming signs and that aid groups…
Juba, November 8, 2016 (SSNA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alarm, saying cholera-related cases have spiked in the war-torn South Sudan and that close to 3,000 people have so far contracted the disease. The UN’s health arm discloses that it began monitoring the disease since July. World Health Organization South Sudan…