{"id":12826,"date":"2021-09-06T17:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=12826"},"modified":"2021-09-06T17:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:20:57","slug":"south-sudan-african-development-bank-and-who-hand-over-vehicles-to-support-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2021\/09\/06\/south-sudan-african-development-bank-and-who-hand-over-vehicles-to-support-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan: African Development Bank and WHO hand over vehicles to support Covid-19 response"},"content":"\n  \n    \n      \nThe cars will be used by the Public Health Emergency Operation Centre in Juba to coordinate the incident management system and deploy national rapid response teams to enhance outbreak investigation. Receiving the vehicles, Minister of Health Elizabeth Achuei said: \u201cThe vehicles will facilitate the multidisciplinary and national response in at-risk and affected populations, and thus help save more lives and tackle the negative impacts of Covid-19. \n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nI wish to thank the African Development Bank and WHO for the generous support, and we shall ensure good utilization of these vehicles.\u201d African Development Bank Country Manager for South Sudan, Benedict Kanu, said the vehicles would go a long way in filling the gap. However, the need remains great. \n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n\u201cWe must not forget the looming food crisis, which is affecting the health and wellbeing of millions of people in South Sudan, as a result of flooding, conflict and the Covid-19 pandemic. We also need to accelerate a vaccine program in South Sudan and elsewhere in Africa to save lives and livelihoods.\u201d \n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nDr Fabian Ndenzako, the WHO representative a.i. for South Sudan, said: \u201cThe vehicles will support continuity of delivery of response mechanisms, as Covid-19 continues to strain the country\u2019s healthcare system. The vehicles will improve emergency preparedness and response and strengthen the health system.\u201d South Sudan confirmed its first Covid-19 case on 5 April 2020. \n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nOn 31 August 2021 it had recorded 11,446 cases, 120 deaths and 11,112 recoveries from Covid-19. In 2020, the Bank provided a $4.2 million grant to bolster South Sudan\u2019s health system and support the country\u2019s emergency Covid-19 response. \n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThrough the grant, WHO has provided the Health Ministry with essential medicines, lifesaving biomedical equipment and personal protective equipment. It also facilitated the remodeling of four Covid-19 treatment centres. In addition, WHO has trained 406 health workers to care for Covid-19 patients across the country. It is also procuring an oxygen generation plant to support the government\u2019s efforts. \n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nSource : APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB)\n\n    \n  \n\n","author":15,"featured_media":10384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[500,485,779,698],"location":[861],"class_list":["post-12826","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-2","tag-covid19-3","tag-health","tag-news","location-south-africa-2"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3yPkiAO","have_related_news":"done","chapo":"The African Development Bank has donated two cars to support South Sudan\u2019s ongoing Covid-19 response as part of efforts by the Bank and its partners to ease the toll of the pandemic on vulnerable African states. The donation was made to the Ministry of Health through the World Health Organization (WHO), which is implementing the Bank-financed Covid-19 response project on behalf of the Government of South Sudan.","media":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/covid19-2-550x360.png","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/covid19-2-550x360.png 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"covid19 2","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.63,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/covid19-2.png","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/covid19-2.png 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"covid19 2","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.63,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Sudan: African Development Bank and WHO hand over vehicles to support Covid-19 response - 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