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Ministry of Health, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners celebrate World Breastfeeding Day and call for scale-up breastfeeding practice among working parents in South Sudan

More actions are needed to promote breastfeeding in workspaces across South Sudan

As the world commemorates World Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 August, the Ministry of Health and UNICEF reiterate their call to all policymakers to protect and promote, and to all mothers to increase the practice of exclusive breastfeeding of infants up to six months of age. South Sudan has…

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    • © UNICEF/UNI224894/De La Guardia Aid teams wade through flood water to transport food and feminine hygiene kits to distribution points for displaced communities in Pibor, South Sudan
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10 years after South Sudan’s independence, more children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance than ever before

Two-thirds of children in desperate need of support

A record 4.5 million children – two out of three – in South Sudan are in desperate need of humanitarian support, UNICEF warned today, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the country’s independence. In a report on the impact of the humanitarian crisis on children, UNICEF warned that hopes that…

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    • South Sudan receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
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Coronavirus: South Sudan receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility

Through the COVAX Facility, 732,000 doses of vaccines are expected to be deployed to South Sudan in the first six months of 2021

Today 132,000 doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Juba International Airport. This is the first of several vaccine shipments scheduled to arrive over the coming months to South Sudan through the support of the COVAX Facility. The COVAX Facility is a global partnership comprised of Coalition…

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Coronavirus - South Sudan: Changing Minds is Changing the Future

Radio dramas are encouraging parents to say no to child marriage

“I questioned myself, “If this happened to my daughter how would I react?” I hope that she has a better future and doesn’t suffer how I have.” Lasuba chimed in. Over the radio, you hear Fadul say, “That boy is young, and my daughter is young too, how can they get married at that age?…

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Coronavirus - South Sudan: Tuning in - Distribution of radios allow more students in Yei to follow distant learning programmes

Over 2 million children are out of school due to the school closure

With schools in South Sudan being closed since March, radios have never been more important for continuation of learning. Four daily radio lessons are being broadcasted across the country, covering primary 1 to senior 4. Yet, many children are missing out because they don't have a radio. In Yei, distribution of radios…

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    • Coronavirus - South Sudan: UNICEF delivers 5 million USD worth of supplies for COVID-19 response in South Sudan
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Coronavirus - South Sudan: UNICEF delivers 5 million USD worth of supplies for COVID-19 response in South Sudan

So far UNICEF has shipped gloves, tunics, surgical masks, boots and sanitizer for use as personal protective equipment (PPE) worth 810,000 USD

Since the beginning of its COVID-19 response in South Sudan, UNICEF has procured and distributed supplies worth 5 million USD to help contain the spread of the virus in the country, the organization announced today. Supplies include personal protective equipment (PPE) for front line health workers, pharmaceuticals to treat symptoms…

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    • Coronavirus - South Sudan: Over 84,000 children with severe acute malnutrition already treated this year in South Sudan (UNICEF South Sudan/Ryeng)
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Coronavirus - South Sudan: Over 84,000 children with severe acute malnutrition already treated this year in South Sudan

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF and its partners are continuing to deliver on their regular programmes for children

84,625 children with severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan were treated in inpatient and outpatient therapeutic centers since the beginning of the year, UNICEF announced. This is one of the many results that UNICEF and its partners have been able to obtain in the challenging environment of COVID-19, which is…

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    • Mayon Real is washing is hands outside his home in PoC1 (UNICEF South Sudan/Ryeng)
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Coronavirus - South Sudan: Critical services reach nearly 30,000 vulnerable people in high risk areas of Juba thanks to USAID funding

The contribution of USAID is of critical importance to contain the spread of the disease further in the most vulnerable areas of Juba County

29,714 people in Protection of Civilians (POC) sites of Juba and the high risk areas of Juba County have now been reached with critical water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as infection prevention and control (IPC) services to help contain the spread of COVID-19, announced UNICEF. This is one…

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    • Coronavirus - South Sudan: Japan pledges $821,000 fighting COVID-19 in South Sudan
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Coronavirus - South Sudan: Japan pledges $821,000 fighting COVID-19 in South Sudan

Over half of the funding from Japan will be spent on increasing access to clean water and hygiene, allowing more people to practice safe handwashing

The Government of Japan has pledged approximately USD 821,000 to UNICEF in support to the fight against COVID-19 in South Sudan. Over the last month, the number of confirmed cases has increased rapidly and the need to intensify prevention efforts is evident. Over half of the funding from Japan will…

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