Thousands of people in South Sudan are at risk of contracting malaria in the coming months due to the rainy season, according to Medicines Sans Frontiers or MSF.
MSF in a statement says in Aweil, it teams are preparing to treat thousands of children for malaria.
MSF Project Coordinator in Aweil Aline Serine says efforts may be sorely needed, because last year MSF treated 5,500 children for severe malaria in Aweil alone.
During the malaria season, the hospital becomes overcrowded with patients suffering from complicated cases of malaria, he adds.
The coordinator says what is extremely worrying is that many local health centres have not yet received medicines and supplies to test and treat malaria in the area.
Serine cautions that without prompt testing and treatment, local people are more likely to develop severe malaria, which can be life-threatening.
People in South Sudan die just because they cannot get access to the basic treatment they need, the Project Coordinator observes.
A Clinical Officer in Aweil Primary Health Centre says they lack medicines and supplies to stabilize severe malaria patients.