8 people die from cholera in South Sudan as funding cuts force longer walks to clinics

South Sudan – Meal Manager (M/F) – 50% Juba – 50% Upper Nile At Solidarités International

Desired start date: ASAPDuration of the mission: 6monthsLocation: 50% Juba – 50%Upper Nile SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL (SI) has been operating in South Sudan since 2006, conducting activities in emergency and post emergency context, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas, including refugees/returnees and IDP camp settings. Context: Food insecurity is one of the highest in the world due to recurring shocks (consecutive years of widespread flood…

Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says - Overpasses For America

At least five children and three adults with cholera died as they went in search of treatment in South Sudan after aid cuts by the Trump administration shuttered local health clinics during the country’s worst cholera outbreak in decades, the international charity Save the Children reported this week. The victims, all from the country’s east, died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health…

South Sudan: International aid funding cuts leave children to die from cholera

As a political crisis brews in South Sudan, several children have died as they walked to receive treatment from cholera after funding cuts to international aid have forced local clinics to close, according to Save the Children. Read all

S. Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after aid cuts

Save the Children said US aid cuts are to blame for eight cholera deaths in South Sudan, including five children, after local health clinics shut.

Eight cholera patients, including five children, are said to have died in South Sudan while desperately looking for medical help. Previously, local health centers were closed as a result of US aid cuts.

8 people die from cholera in South Sudan as funding cuts force longer walks to clinics

An aid organization says five children are among eight people who have died from cholera in South Sudan after aid cuts are forcing patients to walk for hours to reach the nearest clinics.