Cholera kills over 60 in South Sudan’s Jonglei’s state
Article
Comments (3)
email Email
print Print
pdfSave
separation
increase
decrease
separation
separation
April 4, 2017 (BOR) – Cholera has claimed at least 64 lives in
Jonglei, leaving over 128 people in the health care facilities in the
county of Duk.
JPEG - 24.9 kb
A woman is given a cholera vaccine at a medical camp run by the
humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres in Minkamman, in
South Sudan’s Lakes state (Photo: Getty Images)
The state minister of health, Angok Kuol told Sudan Tribune that the
disease had affected communities living in the islands of Duk, where
their hygiene and sanitation were low. Duk county, located about 150
km from the state capital, Bor has internally displaced persons from
neighbouring states of Lou Nuer and there are fears that the disease
may spread to many villages.
“The death cases are about 64 and the number of people who are sick,
are about 128. You know very well that cholera is of poor hygiene, and
people in the swamp drink the same water, bath in the same water and
sometimes even defecate in the same water," said the minister
"It is a challenge when you are in those islands. These are islands
where you cannot dig a borehole,” he added.
Cholera spread through drinking of contaminated water and eating of
unclean food infected with Cholerae bacteria. The disease is common in
South Sudan where only third of the population has access to clean
drinking water in towns. There are barely clean water points in
villages and people drink from the same source with cattle.
The cholera outbreak started in Jonglei earlier this year and spread
to other parts of the state, especially in the densely populated
islands.
Many of the patients were taken to health facilities for treatment in
the mainland.
“97 People were admitted into health facilities in Duk on Monday
evening, 22 died and 65 are recovering in the facilities, awaiting
their discharge, Kuol said.
A cholera intervention in these areas has been made difficult by
inaccessibility, and the inability to provide a source of clean
drinking water.
Authorities in Jonglei state are calling out for support from any
health partners to aid them in managing the health crisis.
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to [email protected]
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
5 April 04:32, by john akeen
Sorry. we will focus on those Sickens in the near future after we
finish with the big SICKENS that’s name IO’s that we have in the
country
repondre message
5 April 10:13, by Dengda
What you mean here? Your comment is an insult to the grieving
families who lost their loved one. Leave your nightmare of IO and Riek
out of this context.
My sincere condolence to those families.
repondre message
5 April 13:32, by Midit Mitot
Sorry! but God will get it out you sooner my people.
repondre message
--
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob
View this message at
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout
---
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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orjyJhP6FeLuD2se%2BmmW3RRNHrD_Troj5_tpKxvh0iX6Q%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
