The Ministry of Finance and Planning has allocated SSP1 billion to combat cholera outbreak in South Sudan.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr Harriet Pasquale Akello, told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday said the fund would support cholera infection prevention and control activities.
“The money is actually meant to support all the response pillars for cholera. We have almost 10 pillars, including coordination, support for epi surveillance and lab. It will support water, hygiene and sanitation activities, risk communication activities, case management, that is treatment centers,” Akello said.
She said the funds would support various responses and cholera-related initiatives both at national and local levels.
“It will also support infection prevention and control activities. However, we have a very clear budget line for each activity. We are not only supporting activities at the national level, but our main focus is to ensure that the money goes down to support all the state response activities,” she said.
She said it will enhance the operational and community based outreach in providing WASH services, with a focus on communities underserved by public utilities.
“We allocated to every state that reported cases, and also allocated a certain amount to those states which did not have any case, but need to have some preparedness in place. That is how the money is going to be allocated and utilized across the country.”
As of January 13, 2025, the country had recorded 19,320 cholera cases with 334 fatalities.