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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a 5 million dollar grant for South Sudan.
The money is directed to healthcare and food security in the areas affected by flood through the World Health Organization as implementing agency.
USAID Mission Director, Ms. Katherine Crawford announced the fund allocation on Wednesday in Juba.
She says the money will enable W.H.O to strengthen its capacity in detecting, preventing, and responding to disease outbreaks in the states.
Ms. Katherine said the grant will help in combating preventable children’s diseases such as measles, polio, meningitis, and whooping cough among many others.
She reiterated her government’s commitment to support the people of South Sudan facing humanitarian disasters, food insecurity, and violence.
“USAID is providing the 5 million dollars to WHO for integrated health services in the communities most affected by health crises and acute food insecurity,” Ms. Crawford stated.
World Health country Director, Dr. Fabian Ndenzako says the funds will be used to distribute health emergency response kits, provision of health care services, and capacity building for prevention and detection of disease outbreaks.
He believes the money will improve the coordination of humanitarian delivery across the country.
Fabian says the contribution of the U.S will enable WHO to fight for the reduction of preventable illness and death from infectious, non-communicable, and epidemic-prone diseases related to acute food insecurity, floods, and subnational violence in priority high-risk counties.
The National Ministry of Health commended the donors for making healthcare a priority.
Dr. Victoria Anib Majur, the Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, urges the donors to continue to support the health system to ensure the government meets the demands of the people.
She promised the ministry will introduce measures to prevent the outbreak of Ebola reported in neighbouring Uganda.
“Given the fact that there’s rapid movement of people at the border between Uganda and South Sudan, the Ministry of Health is putting all efforts to prevent Ebola from entering the country,” Majur said.
The new funding will be implemented in Jonglei, Lakes, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, and Western Equatoria states areas facing severe levels of acute food insecurity.