Source: World Health Organization
Country: South Sudan
Highlights
The security situation remains relatively calm in most parts of the country but unstable.
Four suspected cholera cases were reported to WHO from the MSF clinic in Thongpiny IDP camp in Juba. Case investigation results showed the cases were negative for Vibrio Cholerae or any other pathogen.
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Emergency Directors from eight humanitarian agencies including WHO visited South Sudan from 19-23 March 2014.
Approximately US$50M is urgently needed to deliver critical lifesaving health assistance to more than 1.9 million vulnerable persons including women and children, the elderly and the injured