Gov’t launches cleansing marketing campaign at Juba PoCs to fight cholera unfold – Sudans Put up

JUBA—South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State authorities on Friday launched a cleansing marketing campaign on the Juba Protection of Civilians web site (POCs) camp 3 to fight the unfold of cholera.

This initiative follows a big rise in cholera instances recorded by the state’s Ministry of Health inside the camp.

Deputy Governor of Central Equatoria State, Paulino Lukudu Obede, who launched the marketing campaign on behalf of the state authorities, attributed the buildup of rubbish within the camp to the rise in cholera outbreak.

“The garbage accumulated here is the reason for the increase of cholera in the camp,” Lukudu advised reporters in Juba on Friday.

Lukudu emphasised that sustaining cleanliness in public areas just like the POC will cut back the danger of cholera.

He assured the neighborhood that the state authorities will renovate among the bathrooms within the POC which can be at present unusable.

The camp at present has 57 bathrooms, however only some are operational.

“As the government of the state, we are going to renovate 21 toilets to help the community,” he stated.

For her half, Minister of Health for Central Equatoria State, Najwa Juma Mursal, referred to as on each state and nationwide governments to handle points regarding the hospital on the camp after the neighborhood voiced issues concerning the lack of well being amenities.

Najwa emphasised the significance of resolving this case, declaring that the state authorities is accountable for establishing a county hospital, given the camp’s inhabitants of 38,000.

Najwa said that the federal government is actively lobbying organizations to offer help to the folks on the Protection of Civilians (POC).

Meanwhile, Juba County Commissioner Emmanuel Tete said that the cleansing marketing campaign is a mandatory step in addressing the cholera outbreak.

“The authorities are here to tackle the issue of cholera with the cleaning campaign,” Tete stated.

He added that to eradicate cholera, “we need to clean the camp.”

Tete additionally emphasised that stopping the unfold of cholera requires correct hygiene practices.

He urged that neighborhood to scrub their arms with cleaning soap and clear water to cease the unfold of cholera.

He suggested people who cleansing is step one in halting cholera, particularly throughout this season.

“As the commissioner, I am not here to clean people’s houses, but I encourage you to clean your residences, and the authorities will collect garbage from designated collection areas,” he stated.

Early this week, a marketing campaign aimed toward vaccinating over 300,000 folks in opposition to cholera has commenced within the hotspot county of Rubkona, Unity State, in an important step to curb the continued outbreak, bringing the entire variety of counties the place the vaccination marketing campaign has been performed nationwide to 4.

South Sudan declared a cholera outbreak in October 2024. As of seven January 2025, greater than 17,581 instances have been reported nationwide, with a case fatality fee of 1.5%.

With help from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, over 1.3 million doses of vaccines have been secured to deal with the cholera outbreak in hotspots nationwide. The vaccination marketing campaign in Juba began on 8 January and can run for seven days.