Highlights
• As of 9 August, 936 cholera cases have been reported, with 22 deaths. Cholera response is ongoing; 313 cases have been treated in UNICEFsupported Oral Rehydration Points throughout Juba.
• So far in 2016, 61,181 children in South Sudan have benefited from community-based psychosocial support services. However, services have been scaled back throughout the country as a result of limited funding for the Child Protection sector.
• 40 Out-Patient Therapeutic sites, 40 Therapeutic Supplementary Feeding Programmes sites, and three stabilization centers are operational in response to catastrophic food insecurity in Northern Bahr el Ghazal.
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs
The situation of women and children in South Sudan has significantly deteriorated following the outbreak of fighting in Juba on 8 July, with pockets of fighting emerging across the country, displacement continues. Up to 12,500 people remain displaced in Juba as a result of the recent violence; over 70,000 have fled to Uganda since the start of July. Insecurity is undermining humanitarian access, further threatening the lives of the estimated 4.8 million people affected by food insecurity.
Lives of affected populations are also at risk as a result of the recent cholera outbreak, in particular in Juba. As of 9 August, the cumulative number of cases has reached 936; the case fatality rate remains above the 1 per cent threshold, at 2.3 per cent with 22 deaths. The figures below illustrate the evolution of the cholera outbreak, with cumulative cases, deaths, and new cases by location.