South Sudan

A health worker is doffing the personal protection suit he has been wearing. There are specific protocols for donning and doffing in the context of Ebola to ensure the health worker is not infected. For every layer of clothes, a sprayer is disinfecting the health worker with a chlorine solution. UNICEF is training frontline health workers on correct infection prevention and control (IPC) as part of the preparedness activities in South Sudan.

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UNICEF ramps up Ebola prevention efforts as South Sudan assessed as ‘high-risk’ country

UN children’s agency reaches 3 million with Ebola prevention messages

29/07/2019

On 17 April 2018 in Yambio, South Sudan, [NAMES CHANGED] (right-left) Ganiko, 12 yrs, and Jackson, 13 yrs, stand during a ceremony to release children from the ranks of armed groups and start a process of reintegration. Jackson and Ganiko were best friends when they served together with the armed group.

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32 children released from opposition groups in South Sudan

24/07/2019

Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan, Wednesday 15 March 2017. The ward is for children who suffer from malnutrition and associated complications.

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Record number of people facing critical lack of food in South Sudan

61 per cent of the population are projected to face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse

14/06/2019

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Pocket-sized innovation, giant impact: New app and online system launches in South Sudan to support most vulnerable children

The innovations will support case workers helping unaccompanied and separated children, child survivors of sexual violence, and children associated with armed groups.

06/06/2019

South Sudan. Pole stumps where Ogweni primary school used to be.

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You can take their schools but not their dreams

The Safe Schools Declaration aims to defend against education under attack

24/05/2019

Tears of happiness when Emmanuela* 36, met her children in Bentiu Protection of Civilian (POC) site after five years of separation on 16 April 2019.

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6,000 children reunited with families after years of separation in South Sudan

17/04/2019

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Largest joint-United Nations programme on education to reach tens of thousands of children in South Sudan thanks to European Union funds

26/03/2019

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Increasing number of people face severe food shortages in South Sudan

Joint UNFAO, UNICEF, WFP Press Release

22/02/2019

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More than 3,000 children released from armed groups in South Sudan since conflict began, but thousands more continue to be used

12/02/2019

South Sudan. A teenager shows the scars she received during her time as a child soldier.

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“They told me to stop crying or they would kill me”

For many teenage girls in South Sudan, escaping from armed groups isn’t the end of their ordeal

11/02/2019

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