Population Estimation Survey to conclude July 2
The South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics says the ongoing Population Estimation Survey is expected to conclude on July 2, 2021.
The government and partners launched the survey in early April to generate data for the upcoming population census and elections. However, the exercise began in late May and has been running for about a month.
In an interview with Radio Tamazuj, the manager for the Population Estimation Survey Julius Sebit said they had collected data in most of the country except for areas that started late due to logistical challenges.
He said data collection for the Greater Equatoria and Greater Bar el Ghazal regions was completed.
World
December 19, 2020
JUBA: Roughly 60 percent of South Sudan’s population face severe hunger by the middle of next year, the government and UN agencies warned on Friday, calling for urgent assistance to address the growing crisis.
In a new joint report they also said that 1.4 million children face acute malnutrition in the conflict-ravaged eastern African nation. The food security situation and nutrition situation has deteriorated, Isaiah Chol Aruai, chairman of South Sudan’s National Bureau of Statistics, said in the capital Juba as he released the country’s latest hunger assessment. This is because of pockets of insecurity that have led to population displacement, low crop production because of climate shocks such as floods and drought, he said, also pointing to the Covid-19 pandemic, an economic crisis, desert locust infestation and inadequate humanitarian aid. UN-backed assessments use a ranking called the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), w
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