7000 Children In Juba Suffering From Acute Malnutrition Approximately 7000 children under five years have been identified with acute malnutrition in 9 health facilities in Juba in the past 5 months alone coupled together with 67 cases of edema recorded by a national organization Health Link South Sudan. 31 July 2017
By Garang Abraham Malak JUBA, 31 July 2017 [Gurtong]-The Health Link’s Nutrition Officer, Mr. Ogak Jerry Justin in an interview with Gurtong last Thursday said that the cases mentioned were found during MUAC screening in nine health facilities. “Health Links South Sudan has also registered eight two edema cases in Al-Sabbah children’s hospital, some of which were cases of referral to other medical centers” he stressed. Ogak revealed that Health Link has been implementing the nutrition project since November 2013 with support from Health Pooled Fund and UNICEF. “We are currently working in Ikwotos, Greater Lopa Lafon, Juba, Bor POC and Malakal.” “Our targeted beneficiaries are children under 5 years with acute malnutrition and vulnerable Pregnant and lactating women (PLW), HIV/TB patients” he added. He further said that HLSS chose to implement the project in nutrition due to the burden of malnutrition initiating that almost 1/3 of children in South Sudan under the age of 5 years are malnourished according to the latest Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring System (FSNMS) report. He however says that the program is facing a number of challenges in carrying out their work efficiently. “HLSS faces insecurity in some places in the areas of coverage, lack of localized skilled health care providers, poor road access and bad weather, rigidity from the local authorities to mention but a few” he said. Ogak explained that the government supports in coordination of project activities through linking HLSS with the host communities as well as provision of localized skilled health care providers in various project sites. He added that HLSS is also implementing Maternal Child Health (MCH), Primary health Care (PHC), Cholera response, TB/HIV services apart from nutrition. “HLSS urges all South Sudan to strengthen agriculture and improve food security and livelihood, we should all focus on a healthier South Sudan through promoting peace, productivity and healthier minds” said Ogak. Posted in: Home, Health -- 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/CAJb14or20WZtiCo2PJk1E08BEdsquQ0zw9nGmOh9073OTv74Dg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
