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    South Sudan: Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis
    A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile River’s current, on it sits an entire family of...
    Natural disasters
    The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings
    Mali
    The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings
    Geneva (MSF/ICRC) – Climate change is not a distant threat. It is already dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe. In particular, th...
    Climate emergency
    South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands still living in precarious conditions months after floods
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands still living in precarious conditions months after floods
    Eight months since the beginning of the flooding, people in Unity State in northern South Sudan are still facing precarious living conditions and are ...
    Natural disasters
    Malnutrition
    South Sudan: Severe floods and lacklustre humanitarian response leave people dangerously exposed in Bentiu
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Severe floods and lacklustre humanitarian response leave people dangerously exposed in Bentiu
    People in Bentiu in northern South Sudan are facing outbreaks to infectious and waterborne diseases, increased food insecurity and malnutrition, due t...
    Malaria in South Sudan: Prevention is Key
    South Sudan
    Malaria in South Sudan: Prevention is Key
    In South Sudan, malaria is the leading cause of death within the country and according to latest available data a total of4,064,662 cases were confirm...
    Malaria
    South Sudan: Flooding puts lives in jeopardy
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Flooding puts lives in jeopardy
    Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in South Sudan this year, affecting more than 400,000 people so far, according to United Nations estimates...
    Malaria
    Natural disasters
    South Sudan: Two deaths from hepatitis E as result of deplorable sanitation condition in Bentiu IDP camp
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Two deaths from hepatitis E as result of deplorable sanitation condition in Bentiu IDP camp
    An alarming jump in the number of patients with hepatitis E and acute watery diarrhoea has been seen in the camp for internal displaced persons (IDP) ...
    Infectious diseases
    MSF addresses health needs of people in remote Maruwa, South Sudan
    South Sudan
    MSF addresses health needs of people in remote Maruwa, South Sudan
    MSF has opened a new project in the east of South Sudan’s in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA)– a vast area near the border with Ethiopia, ...
    Health promotion
    South Sudan: A new initiative to prevent malaria during the rainy season
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: A new initiative to prevent malaria during the rainy season
    Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a public health intervention that can reduce the incidence of malaria among young children during the rainy ...
    Malaria
    disease