UNMISS News

In Eastern Equatoria, radio is a crucial way of reaching out to people with essential information on COVID-19 and other important topics, but access to electricity is patchy at best, and batteries are expensive. The solution…

The market in Yambio is bustling with activity as people go about their business of selling and buying goods. This community in the Western Equatorian region of South Sudan are well aware of the risk posed by COVID-19 and the…

Years of civil war have devastated infrastructure and community services across South Sudan. The lack of adequate fire prevention and fighting services has been a huge problem with large blazes damaging markets, homes and…

Under the branches of an ancient tree in Bazumburu, children gather together, excited and eager to hear the wise words of their teacher. Their only option for education is to attend lessons held out in the open air because…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has delivered an ambulance, two other vehicles and two water tanks to assist the work of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State COVID-19 Taskforce Committee. An incinerator and a waiting…

How can one make a living while at the same time contributing to the welfare of others in times of a global COVID-19 pandemic? Angelina Nyalatna and four other internally displaced people in Bentiu found a solution: using…

Training young social workers and activists on COVID-19 prevention, thus turning them into trainers of others, is one way in which the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and its field office in Bor continues to support the…

Juba, 23 June 2020: The impact of COVID-19 risks undermining the fragile health system in South Sudan, causing the death of many more people from preventable health problems than the virus itself, said the Special…

As part of its support to the state-led fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over 500 re-usable face masks to the taskforce combatting the virus in Tambura County in…

One of the biggest challenges faced by health authorities around the world is finding a safe space to isolate, monitor and treat patients suffering from COVID-19. In South Sudan, this is even more difficult because of the…

“We did not have an ambulance before. This ambulance is going to bring a lot of changes to how we operate here. Now we can go out to the counties and directly respond to COVID-19 cases.” This was the grateful message shared…

UNMISS has provided an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle to the state COVID-19 task force in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. “Today what is given to us indicates that the fight against the Coronavirus is far from over…