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Mark Cline Lucey, the Senior Leadership & Senior Project Programs Director atVermont Commons SchooI would love to request your help with a service project his 10th grade Social Studies class has been doing. They partnered with Burlington, Vermont’s Sudan Development Foundation … Continue reading
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South Sudan: healthcare in the mountains – in pictures
If you click on the hyperlink below you will be taken to a great article on the Guardian’s website. There are some incredible photographs of inspiring work being carried out in South Sudan’s mountainous Boma district, run by international health charity … Continue reading
Virtual Media Roundtable – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Releases Guinea Worm Case Numbers for 2012
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Carter Center Guinea worm experts Drs. Donald R. Hopkins and Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben will host a media roundtable via Google+ Hangout to announce the provisional Guinea worm case totals for 2012 and discuss significant progress … Continue reading
Jonglei: Polio campaign commences amidst insecurity fears
The following first appeared in the Sudan Tribune: By Julius N. Uma (JUBA) – As South Sudan’s campaign against polio got under-way on Tuesday, health experts expressed fears that the three-day house-to-house exercise could face serious setbacks due to insecurity … Continue reading
New issue of the SSMJ!
Dear all, The February issue of the South Sudan Medical Journal is now available on our website - http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com. As well as the current issue, you can find all our previous issues of the journal and also catch up with the … Continue reading
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SOUTH SUDAN: High hopes for defeating “neglected” diseases
Interesting article found on the Irin News website. They are a humanitarian news and analysis site which is linked to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: JUBA, 23 February 2012 (IRIN) – Health workers in the world’s newest country are … Continue reading
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South Sudan: Health Ministry Declares Nation Meningitis Free
Juba — The health ministry on Friday declared South Sudan meningitis free and denied media reports that an outbreak of the disease had occurred in parts of the country, which reportedly lies in the “meningitis belt.” Lul Riek, the ministry’s … Continue reading
UNICEF, Gender ministry to develop child protection strategy
February 16, 2012 (JUBA) — South Sudan’s ministry of gender, child and social welfare in collaboration with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday resolved to develop a framework for strategic plans on child protection in the country. Priscilla Nyanyang, … Continue reading
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South Sudan Faces 470,000-Ton Grain Deficit, Food Insecurity
The following article about grain shortages in South Sudan was found in Bloomberg’s Business week: South Sudan faces a grain shortfall of 470,000 metric tons this year, close to half the country’s total consumption, that will make more people food … Continue reading
