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05/04/21
Juba – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that more than 800,000 people in South Sudan who rely on IOM for their health care may face reduced access to life-saving services by June if urgent calls for humanitarian funding are not met.
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 and the onset of the rainy season and floods.
Women and children, the elderly and people living with disabilities are at risk of losing access to primary health-care services. These services include maternal and child health, including the screening of children under five to detect malnutrition; sexual and reproductive health services and testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 6:46 am
The countrywide reopening of schools in South
Sudan is a welcome step on the road to “normalcy” for
youngsters, two in three of whom need humanitarian
assistance, the UN Children’s Fund (
)
said on Tuesday.
Describing the “joy”
felt by children and aid workers as classrooms reopened on
Monday after more than 14 months of COVID-19
restrictions, Mads Oyen, UNICEF’s
chief of field operations, explained that going back to
school was about more than just
learning.
“Especially in a country like South Sudan,
where we’re also faced with humanitarian emergencies in
many parts of the country”, he explained. “Schools are
05 May 2021
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