Pioth Akot News Today

Health authorities in South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have verified the completion of free eye surgeries for 1,000 cataract patients, funded by the German Embassy in Juba and other American partners.

Health officials in South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal State say that about 16 children under the age of five have died of meningitis across the state in the last two weeks.

Health authorities in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have launched a Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Vaccination campaign in the state.

Police authorities in Aweil West County in Northern Bahr e Ghazal State said a 19-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging from a tree in Anyuopjang Boma over the weekend.

550 patients with cataract to undergo free surgery in Wau About 550 eye patients from Western Bahr el Ghazal, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap states are set to undergo free cataract surgeries at Wau Teaching Hospital on Monday next week. The campaign is being sponsored by the Catholic Church Diocese of Wau.  “We will take 150 patients from Kuajok, 150 patients from Aweil and 250 patients from Wau and all of them will travel to Wau,” Tetahana Gaaba, the health advisor for the Catholic Di...