HIGHLIGHTS
IOM supports oral cholera vaccine campaign at Tong Ping
4,000 people relocate to improved area of Wau PoC site
RRF partners respond to growing needs in Wau
IOM teams continue lifesaving humanitarian activities across South Sudan, where more than 6.1 million people are in need of assistance. Since December 2013, the crisis has displaced 2.3 million people, including 726,600 who have fled to neighbouring countries and more than 1.61 million others who remain internally displaced.
Humanitarian needs remain high in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, since fighting broke out in late June. An IOM rapid response team remains on the ground to support an estimated 75,800 internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Despite efforts to improve and extend the displacement site next to the UNMISS base in Wau, conditions remain crowded. IOM, as camp manager of the site, has relocated 4,000 people to the extension to decongest the site and improve access to services. IOM movement tracking data indicates that approximately 2,500 people have arrived at the site in the past two weeks, bringing the total population to approximately 23,500 people. IOM has constructed temporary shelters to protect new arrivals from the rain and is currently constructing additional communal shelters.
Approximately 12,500 people remain displaced due to the fighting in Juba in July. 11,338 people are sheltering at the UNMISS peacekeeping base in Tong Ping and at the UN protection of civilians (PoC) site at UN House, where 28,000 people were registered prior to the 7 July fighting. An additional 1,250 people are sheltering in community centres in town.
IOM is coordinating with the Health Cluster to respond to a cholera outbreak in South Sudan.
As of 1 August, health agencies had reported 679 cholera cases, including 16 deaths, in Juba,
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IOM is conducting cholera surveillance, treatment and prevention across Juba. IOM supported Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to conduct an oral cholera vaccine (OCV) campaign at the Tong Ping site. IOM and Impact Health Organization trained 40 health and hygiene promoters to spread messages on cholera prevention and treatment in Juba.