EE Health ministry responds to IDPs health needs<http://catholicradionetwork.org/?q=node/13278> Emmanuel Radio Saturday, February 8, 2014 - 16:59 *Eastern Equatoria Health ministry responded to needs of the IDPs by sending its Primary Health Care Director to access the situation of new arrivals and rescue them from diseases.*
Ercillia Lokulu visited IDPs at Torit Technical Institute and discovered that children were suffering from measles, malnutrition and different diseases due to long journey, Emmanuel Radio reported. The Director said the ministry deployed a team to carry vaccination and treat IDPs at Torit Technical School after assessment. Ms Lokulu said Caritas Torit health department and the World Health Organization were supporting the ministry by offering services to the IDPs. Caritas Torit Health Officer Margaret Pacho said an outreach team will travel to assess the situation of IDPs in Nimule and provide Tetanus vaccination. Over 300 IDPs from Bentiu camped at Torit Technical awaiting integration with their relatives in Eastern Equatoria state. The state now hosts about 35 thousand IDPs from Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states. - See more at: http://catholicradionetwork.org/?q=node/13278#sthash.x1IPuPmA.dpuf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orxW6%2BFbFdXETakXHJUBQjzFiv9TZRCjOEzswofefJPBA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
