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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 nation’s
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Young activists in Bor being trained on COVID-19 awareness, becoming ready to educate others.
UNMISS Chief David Shearer briefing the UN Security Council on the situation in South Sudan.
A joint UNMISS patrol handing over face masks to the COVID-19 taskforce in Tambura, Western Equatoria.
UNMISS has donated two vehicles to a health and isolation centre in Wau to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19.
This truck, full of key messaging in different languages and formats on how to prevent COVID-19, will play a vital role in fighting the virus in Eastern Equatoria.
In Warrap, UNMISS and partners have recently launched a much-needed isolation centre project.
UNMISS has organised a 500-radio distribution exercise for some 35 communities spread across Tonj, Twic and Gogrial aimed at bolstering community engagement and ensuring the health and safety of the host populations the mission is mandated to serve across South Sudan.
UNMISS starts five-day mobile awareness drive using a tricycle with mounted loudspeakers broadcasting key preventative measures approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yambio and Anzara. These messages are, of course, being broadcast in local languages widely spoken here.