Health crises mounts in South Sudan

14 May 2021

More on the ongoing humanitarian crisis, with the regional WHO office reporting alerts for malaria, acute gastrointestinal and respiratory infections and an outbreak of rubella in Tambura County. The presence of vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) has been documented in 10 states and in the latest GPEI update, a new case in Jonglei takes the YTD total to six. The only other cVDPV2 report for the week was from Diourbel in Senegal. Read More

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