The World Health Organization and partners conducted a joint inter-cluster needs assessment mission in Dulamaya, Rokon town, South Sudan to address the health needs of over 5000 internally displaced people.
To address these needs, the World Health Organization delivered a range of life-saving kits to Dulamaya. The kits are part of the inter-cluster response to an estimated population of 5000 inhabitants displaced from Minga payam in Mundri East County, Amadi Sate.
The lifesaving health kits that WHO provided are part of the joint inter cluster response to an estimated 800 households, says Dr. Olushayo Olu, WHO Country Representative for South Sudan; noting that the delivery of the much-needed medical supplies saves the lives of people in critical humanitarian settings.
In terms of health, the mission findings revealed that there is limited access to health care services with the nearest functional health facility located 18 miles away from the IDP site.
In the absence of basic medical services, there is a high dependence on herbal medicine for treating malaria, eye infections, diarrhea/worm infections, general body pains and fever.
Original source: WHO
Published on 18 March 2019
