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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 Representative of the Secretary
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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.
15 youth in Adong benefited from a unique vocational training opportunity initiated by the Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) Section and Bangladeshi marine engineers from UNMISS in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC)