People affected
6.1 million people affected
1.6 million displaced prior to the escalation of the conflict
4.7 million people in need of health services
Impact on the health sector
78 health facilities damaged
1638 cases of cholera
1621 cases of measles
1.27 million cases of malaria
Funding needs
Health Cluster
US$ 110 million requested
US$31.5 million received
WHO
US$ 17.6 million requested
US$ 4.5 million received
At a glance
In the midst of conflict, South Sudan faces many disease outbreaks.
Recent escalation of the conflict has forced many people to flee, including many supporting the health response.
Preventable and curable diseases, such as malaria and acute watery diarrhoea, are major causes of death among the growing number of internally displaced persons.
Many people do not have access to adequate shelter, which may increase rates of malaria and upper respiratory infections.
The ongoing rainy season is increasing the risk of water-borne diseases, such as cholera.
Even before the recent resumption of hostilities, the health system in South Sudan was facing crisis due to near economic collapse.
Current situation
Severe shortages of medicines, payment of health worker salaries and operational costs for running hospitals and ambulance services have been impacted by the recent conflict.
On 12 August 2016, the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 15 December.
Before July, WHO led 67 partner organizations in the country, as the head of the Global Health Cluster. By mid-August, about one-third of these partners remain and, of those, many have retained only a skeleton staff.