Amref Health Africa in South Sudan

Harvesting Hope: Transforming Health of Communities through Kitchen Gardening in South Suda

Step into the heart of South Sudan, where a powerful movement is taking root through Kitchen Gardening amidst the challenges…

7 months ago

The fight to cure South Sudan’s mysterious neurological disorder

Nodding syndrome is a distressing disease that stunts growth, harms brains and sparks convulsions. Though its cause is still unknown,…

8 months ago

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, POLICY CHANGE, AND PROGRESS: TACKLING ONCHOCERCIASIS AND NODDING SYNDROME IN SOUTH SUDAN

This blog was co-authored by Jane Carter and Peter Claver (Amref Health Africa), and Robert Colebunders (University of Antwerp). TACKLING A CRITICAL,…

1 year ago

Unanswered Questions about COVID-19 Vaccine in South Sudan with Paul Ocieng

It is three years since the first case of COVID-19 was first discovered in South Sudan and two years since…

1 year ago

Solving Water and Sanitation Problems for Gumbo Community in Juba, South Sudan: Perspectives of the Local Government

About 59% of the population in South Sudan lacks access to safe water, while 10% of the population has access…

2 years ago

A Young Safe Water Champion Changing Lives in Gumbo, South Sudan

Every day, Rovinnah Bonitoj wakes up at 6 am and prepares for school. In the evening, she does her homework…

2 years ago

Celebrating Hayat – a Fistula Hero in Juba

Soft-spoken, compassionate and cheerful. Hayat Peter is one of the nurses who is contributing to ending obstetric fistula in Juba,…

2 years ago

Unpacking the Mystery of South-Sudan’s ‘Nodding Disease’

Nodding syndrome is a mysterious neurological disease of unknown aetiology characterised by head nodding and complicated by a variable presence…

3 years ago

Western Equatoria: Nodding disease stumps villages and doctors

Several years after it was first reported, a debilitating neurological disease with unknown etiology continues to shake communities in South…

3 years ago