South Sudan Health Cluster Bulletin #06, August 2022

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South Sudan Health Cluster Bulletin #06, August 2022


Key highlights

Improving Health Access and Scaling up Responsiveness:

• Over 2.9 million outpatient consultations were conducted to avail essential health services including treatment of illnesses prevalent during humanitarian emergencies since January 2022.

• During the same period, over 52,000 normal deliveries were attended by skilled birth attendants.
Prevent, detect and respond to epidemic prone disease outbreaks:

• Over 316 suspected cholera cases and one death reported to date from Bentiu, Unity State.

• A total of 622 suspected cases of measles and two deaths have been reported in 20 counties across 7 states. Since the beginning of 2019, a total of 3,102 cases and 25 deaths due to Hepatitis E have been reported in Bentiu IDP Camp.