IOM extends aid to South Sudan’s conflict-affected areas
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December 20, 2016 (JUBA) – The International Organisation for
Migration (IOM) said its teams are providing lifesaving humanitarian
assistance, including emergency medical support, to displaced and
conflict-affected families in insecure and hard-to-reach areas of
war-torn South Sudan.
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IDPs shelter near the UNMISS base in Wau (IOM/Gonzalez 2016)
IOM response teams, the agency said in a statement, are currently
operating in the Greater Equatoria region, where people have had
limited access to aid in recent months.
Humanitarian needs, it added, increased significantly in the whole
country over 2016 as the crisis spread to previously peaceful areas,
including the Greater Equatoria region.
The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) across the country
has now reached 1.87 million, according to IOM.
“Since the crisis erupted three years ago, millions of people have
been unable to return to their homes. New shocks have affected both
displaced and newly vulnerable populations, while placing increasing
pressure on host communities and already stretched humanitarian
operations,” said IOM South Sudan head, William Barriga.
For instance, in Mundri East and West counties of South Sudan’s
Western Equatoria state, an inter-agency assessment conducted in
October, reportedly identified 75,000 people who had been affected by
several months of armed clashes and insecurity in the area.
Through a follow-up assessment in late November, IOM said managed to
identify a need for shelter and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
assistance.
“In order to reach the most vulnerable households, IOM deployed an
emergency preparedness and response team on 6 December to provide aid
to approximately 4,000 households living in a highly volatile
environment,” it stated.
IOM further said was improving local communities’ access to safe
drinking water and conducting hygiene promotion activities and
trainings.
On 15 December, it added, a rapid response team focusing on health was
deployed to Yei, a Central Equatoria town, where IDPs and members of
the host community are in need of humanitarian assistance due to
insecurity issues.
“With Africa Action Help International and the South Sudanese Health
Department, the health team immediately set up a temporary clinic to
provide emergency primary health care, as well as immunizations and
reproductive health care,” the agency stressed in the statement.
It further added, “Nurses, health promoters and community mobilizers
were recruited and over 350 health consultations have been conducted
to date.”
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