800,000 South Sudanese may face reduced access to life-saving primary health care: IOM
IOM offers maternal care for mothers in Bentiu ( Photo IOM)
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in a statement issued Tuesday, said internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and conflict-affected populations already living in dire situations may soon face even greater danger to their lives and health due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the onset of the rainy season and floods.
According to the agency, women and children, the elderly and people living with disabilities remains at risk of losing access to primary health-care services.
“In the past year, we have learned the hard way that when some people don’t have access to health services, everyone can be at risk,” said Jacqueline Weekers, Director of Migration Health for IOM.