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United Nations Children's Fund (New York)
South Sudan: Dire Humanitarian Crisis Emerging in South Sudan, Says UNICEF
26 January 2014
Bor ? In the wake of the ceasefire signed late last week, UNICEF is warning of a humanitarian crisis unfolding outside Bor town in Jonglei state and other towns in South Sudan.
Amid an outbreak of measles among children in the Protection of Civilian (PoC) centres at UNMISS camp - which caused at least 30 child deaths - UNICEF rushed in supplies overnight to vaccinate 4,000 children against measles and polio and supplied Vitamin A to boost children's immune system.
Few humanitarian agencies have been able to gain access to the population of Bor who fled the fighting to seek protection in the PoC centre in Bor. Grave insecurity means only a limited number of aid workers are able to operate within the centre.
A team of five health officials from UNICEF stayed overnight in the Bor camp to distribute vaccines and train 10 teams of local vaccinators to immunize at least 4,000 children in the cramped and overcrowded camp...
United Nations Children's Fund (New York)
South Sudan: Dire Humanitarian Crisis Emerging in South Sudan, Says UNICEF
26 January 2014
Bor ? In the wake of the ceasefire signed late last week, UNICEF is warning of a humanitarian crisis unfolding outside Bor town in Jonglei state and other towns in South Sudan.
Amid an outbreak of measles among children in the Protection of Civilian (PoC) centres at UNMISS camp - which caused at least 30 child deaths - UNICEF rushed in supplies overnight to vaccinate 4,000 children against measles and polio and supplied Vitamin A to boost children's immune system.
Few humanitarian agencies have been able to gain access to the population of Bor who fled the fighting to seek protection in the PoC centre in Bor. Grave insecurity means only a limited number of aid workers are able to operate within the centre.
A team of five health officials from UNICEF stayed overnight in the Bor camp to distribute vaccines and train 10 teams of local vaccinators to immunize at least 4,000 children in the cramped and overcrowded camp...