WHO is working with the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Medical Corps (IMC), and the Ministry of Health to improve access to COVID-19 testing and treatment in South Sudan. The partners have focused on upgrading and better equipping the Dr John Garang Infectious Diseases Unit (IDU) where the most severe and critical COVID-19 patients are treated. With a now increased bed capacity and technically improved pharmacy and laundry services, IDU healthcare workers are under less strain so they can deliver better care. The Unit was built in 2018 by WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in response to the Ebola crisis. WHO continues to support the Ministry of Health’s response to COVID-19 through strengthening national and sub-national coordination, surveillance and contact tracing, laboratory testing, procurement of supplies as well as training health workers.
WHO/South Sudan
The expansion of the IDU is a joint effort of the Ministry of Health, WHO, WFP and IMC to respond to the pandemic
The expansion of the IDU is a joint effort of the Ministry of Health, WHO, WFP and IMC to respond to the pandemic
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