World Health Organization or WHO is working with the government and partners to vaccinate nearly 140 thousand South Sudanese in camps to protect them against cholera.
In a statement issued on Saturday, WHO said 94 thousand people are expected to be vaccinated in the Minkaman camp, Awerial County, followed by Juba, covering an additional 43 thousand people.
It added that the vaccination was aimed at preventing cholera outbreak at IDPs camps due to overcrowding and poor sanitation.
WHO Disease Surveillance and Response officer in South Sudan Abdinasir Abubakar said Minkaman in Awerial County and Juba camps were selected because of the relative stability and easier access.
‘We are also looking at other camps, and once the accessibility and security improves, we will expand the cholera vaccination campaigns into these areas. We will be reviewing the situation day by day’, he added.
Access to clean water and adequate sanitation remain the major challenge to prevent cholera.