South Sudan: Cholera in Juba, Central Equatoria State, Republic of South Sudan - Situation Report # 9 as at 23:59 Hours, 30 June 2015

Situation Update

As of 30 June 2015, a total of 484 cholera cases including 29 deaths (CFR 6%) have been reported from 73 villages in eight payams of Juba County (Table 1). Of the 29 deaths, six (21%) have occurred in children under five years. The age-specific CFR among children under five years of age is 9.5%, which is higher when compared to the age-specific CFR of 5.5% among cases aged five years and above.

The initial cases were traced back to 18 May 2015 in UN House PoC where the first cholera case was confirmed on 1 June 2015. Most of the cholera cases in Juba have been reported from New site followed by Juba 3 PoC, Gumbo, Gudele 2, and Munuki (Figure 4).