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Malaria Outbreak in South Sudan

23 August 2017

Media quoting South Sudan's Ministry of Health report a large outbreak of malaria has involved more than 900 000 cases, including 4073 deaths since February 2017.

Staff at Juba Teaching Hospitals saw 300 cases of malaria in February, 376 in March, 508 in April, 1,213 in June and over 2 000 in July. There have been over 5 000 cases (including 250 deaths in August.

Advice for Travellers

South Sudan is a high risk country for malaria. See South Sudan Malaria Prevention.

When advising travellers on malaria prevention it is it is useful to follow the A, B, C, D of malaria prevention:

  • Awareness of Risk
  • Bite Avoidance
  • Chemopropylaxis
  • Diagnosis and Treatment