Awerial County’s vaccine blind spots included cattle camps and a remote lake island, but April’s ambitious mobile outreach efforts have calmed the early year’s spike in cases.
Once a ‘zero-dose’ child sweating through a bout of measles in the bush during a civil war, and later a refugee, Mhot Ahoch-Thon grew into health worker noted for his commitment and humility.
Some communities in Pibor haven’t received vaccines since the country’s independence 11 years ago. Health workers are now working to turn the situation around.