November 19, 2024 (TWIC) – Malaria remains a leading cause of illness and death among children in South Sudan, a country with a fragile health system and annually faces flooding as well as poverty. Despite the predictable recurrence of malaria peaks, immunization coverage remains inadequate, contributing to overcrowded health facilities and an unbroken cycle of severe cases, an international medical charity said in a statement. .According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in response to these recurrent malaria outbreaks, MSF teams in Warrap State’s Twic County have implemented malaria prevention mass drug administration (MDA) and supported the Ministry of Health (MoH) in malaria vaccination rounds in Mayen Abun for the second year in a row. These preventive measures, it stated, have contributed to a significant reduction in malaria cases and severity, especially among vulnerable children. Adior Manut, from the Turalei internally displaced people’s camp in Mayen Abun in Twic County, said her children benefited from treatment by MSF and have not suffered from malaria. “When the MDA started, I took my five children and got the drugs to prevent malaria. None of them got sick,” she said, adding “I appreciate that because I can’t imagine what my children would have been like …

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