Highlights
Latest epidemiological report shows decreasing number of measles cases with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 12% compare to 14% the previous week. To date, UNICEF and partners have immunized 127, 351 children against measles, including the recently concluded vaccination campaign in Malakal during which 15,000 children were reached.
UNICEF’s Director of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS), Ted Chaiban, visited South Sudan to review the humanitarian situation of children and response to date. He visited displaced communities in Juba, Minkaman and Malakal, and held high-level meetings to agree on ways to accelerate the response and expand outreach beyond Protection of Civilians sites (PoCs).
UNICEF and partners have provided 187,000 displaced persons with water, with 15 litres of safe water per person per day. UNICEF continues to work to address sanitation coverage in congested sites prior to the onset of the rainy season.