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South Sudan rolls out Rotavirus sentinel surveillance sites

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The South Sudanese Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have started setting up sentinel surveillance sites to determine the extent of Rotavirus infections among children in the capital...

After 18 months and more than 20,000 cholera cases: South Sudan declares end to outbreak

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A cholera outbreak was declared in South Sudan in June 2016 and resulted in 20,000 suspected cases and 436 deaths through Dec. 2017–the longest and largest cholera outbreak the country has seen. After...

South Sudan outbreaks: Cholera, malaria, measles and kala-azar

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The World Health Organization (WHO), in a release yesterday, reported on the response to multiple outbreaks in the strife-redden country of South Sudan. These include including cholera, malaria, measles...

South Sudan crisis: WHO expands disease surveillance

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Chaos and violence in South Sudan has resulted in more internally displaced persons (IDP), some 1.6 million, and has prompted many health partners to reduce staff or leave the country all together. This...

South Sudan cholera outbreak: More than 700 cases, most in Juba

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According to a UNICEF update published Aug 2,  a total of 719 cholera cases have been reported, with 21 deaths. The outbreak happens to occur while the country is battling a number of other problems...

South Sudan cholera outbreak update: 1,244 cases including 39 deaths

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Hundreds of additional cholera cases have been reported in past week in South Sudan bringing the total cases in this outbreak to 1,244, up from 984 on July 14. The Government of South Sudan adds that...

South Sudan cholera outbreak: 20 percent of deaths are in young children

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In a follow-up to the cholera outbreak in South Sudan, UNICEF reports more than 700 cholera cases have been reported in Juba and Bor so far, resulting in 32 deaths – one in five of which are children...

Cholera outbreak declared in Juba county, South Sudan

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The Minister of Health in the Republic of South Sudan, Dr. Riek Gai Kok has declared an outbreak of cholera in Juba County, South Sudan. On 1 June 2015, a cholera case was confirmed in UN House PoC after...

Woman who died at Kenya airport negative for Ebola, Marburg: Report

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Kenyan health officials say that a woman who bled out and died at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) tested negative for both the Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus, according to Kenya news...

South Sudan cholera outbreak: 2,600 cases and counting

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The outbreak of cholera continues to ravage war-torn South Sudan as the humanitarian organization, Save the Children, puts the tally at 2,600 people infected to date with thousands more at risk of the...