In South Sudan, mental health issues are overshadowed by poverty, violence, and displacement. Neglected by the health system and confronted by deep-rooted stigma, many people face their mental health struggles in silence, enduring a daily battle that goes unseen and unheard. When she was just 12 years old, Mary Nyanhial Kiel had to escape her […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all its outreach activities in Yei, in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan, until further notice, following a critical security incident involving MSF staff and staff from a partner organization on Friday, Sep. 20, 2024. MSF strongly condemns this attack against health workers in an area where people […]
Renk transit centre, located around 60 kilometres from Joda, the official entry point, hosts 13,000 refugees and returnees fleeing the war. There, living conditions are dire, with insufficient food, water, shelter, sanitation, and healthcare. About 300 kilometres away, thousands of people are facing the same conditions in the Bulukat transit centre. Dak Denj Uchol, 70 […]
In the early morning in Kajo Keji, Central Equatoria, what used to be a very busy market slowly opens. A few people set up their stands, while small groups of children in uniforms are walking to school. From the main road, one can still see the scars of the civil war – destroyed buildings, abandoned […]
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In response to a deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a vaccination campaign in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to provide protection to women and girls of reproductive age, who are at greatest risk of death from the disease. Fatality can be as high as […]