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UNMISS donates ambulance to help Jonglei communities respond to COVID-19
“We did not have an ambulance before. This ambulance is going to bring a lot of changes to how we operate here. Now we can go out to the counties and directly respond to COVID-19 cases.” This was the grateful message shared…
COVID-19 isolation centre in Wau receives vehicles from UN peacekeepers
UNMISS has donated two vehicles to a health and isolation centre in Wau to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19. UNMISS has provided an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle to the state COVID-19 task force in Wau, Western…
UNMISS uses messaging in local languages to prevent COVID-19 in Eastern Equatoria
This truck, full of key messaging in different languages and formats on how to prevent COVID-19, will play a vital role in fighting the virus in Eastern Equatoria. “I commend the United Nations Mission in South Sudan for…
UNMISS helps convert former primary healthcare facility into a COVID-19 isolation centre in Warrap state
In Warrap, UNMISS and partners have recently launched a much-needed isolation centre project. With cases of COVID-19 increasing in South Sudan, UNMISS continues to make all efforts to support the national-led response to the…
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 282 - 5 -11 June
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 282 - 11 June
UNMISS steps in to fight misinformation on COVID-19, hands over 500 radios to communities in Warrap
UNMISS has organised a 500-radio distribution exercise for some 35 communities spread across Tonj, Twic and Gogrial aimed at bolstering community engagement and ensuring the health and safety of the host populations the…
UNMISS helps dispel misinformation on COVID-19 through five-day mobile awareness in Western Equatoria
UNMISS starts five-day mobile awareness drive using a tricycle with mounted loudspeakers broadcasting key preventative measures approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yambio and Anzara. These messages are, of…
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Statement of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General David Shearer Briefing to the Security Council on South Sudan
Madame President and Council Members. Thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the situation in South Sudan. I would like to begin by acknowledging the devastation caused by COVID-19 to the people and economies of all…
COVID-19 and conflict threaten health system and ceasefire in South Sudan
UNMISS Chief David Shearer briefing the UN Security Council on the situation in South Sudan. Juba, 23 June 2020: The impact of COVID-19 risks undermining the fragile health system in South Sudan, causing the death of many…
UNMISS in Bor turns activists into trainers on COVID-19 awareness
Young activists in Bor being trained on COVID-19 awareness, becoming ready to educate others. Training young social workers and activists on COVID-19 prevention, thus turning them into trainers of others, is one way in which…