It is a cruel irony for the people of Southern Sudan that the whole world is now fully focused on the potential fallout of this weekend’s referendum on secession from the North, while the ongoing emergencies facing the region since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) six years...
Since 2006, ,MSF has been providing much needed primary healthcare in the troubled Abyei region. Intervening in this tense area has become more and more difficult. But needs remain huge. In south Sudan, maternal and child mortality are among the highest rate in the world. Here is the story of one...
In 2010, southern Sudan battled to contain its biggest kala azar outbreak in eight years, highlighting the urgent need for newer better tools to treat neglected tropical diseases in developing countries. Kala azar, or visceral leishmaniasis, is contracted through the bite of a parasite-carrying...
My name is Thinjin Wal and I have four children. Three of my boys are here at the Malakal Hospital and have all been receiving treatment for kala azar. My youngest boy, Deng, is 2 years old. He became very sick in September with a very high fever that lasted many weeks. He was vomiting, had...
Epidemic compounds existing medical humanitarian crisis As Southern Sudan heads towards a January 9th referendum on secession, it is battling to contain its biggest kala azar outbreak in eight years. The severity of this outbreak is just one symptom of the wider medical humanitarian crisis facing...
