Health: Movement to Ngisa clinic is still restricted due to insecurity.
This week, a new clinic was established in Nazareth to serve IDPs and the host community. Routine vaccination of children and women of reproductive age or pregnant continued at the Cathedral and SSRC sites. Vaccination services will start at Nazareth next week.
Eleven health promotion sessions were conducted at the Cathedral and SSRC, with 3,036 individuals receiving health messages on prevention of diarrhoea, handwashing, malaria, personal hygiene and antenatal care. Health partners are forming a Cholera response taskforce.
PSS: 59 cases were attended to at the UNMISS site, SSRC and the Cathedral. There were high numbers of people who had experienced or witnessed violence, with 41 females and three males seen. The referral system is in place and working well. Fifteen cases were identified as needed registration and NFI support; six cases referred for medical attention and five separated children were referred to the ICRC for family tracing.
WASH: At the UNMISS protected area, IOM is supplying 468,000 litres of water per day. Total water storage capacity is at 170m3 , utilising plus two T45 water tanks, four T10 bladders, and two sets of 20m3 bladder tanks in the protection area extension. Four water quality monitors have been recruited and are training. Daily water treatment with chlorine is ongoing, and daily water quality monitoring is occurring for FRC, chlorine demand and Jar Test, with results within acceptable parameters. This week, IOM will start rehabilitating boreholes in Wau South, based on an updated list of boreholes received from Rural Water Department.