Aviation Safety in South Sudan

Multidimensional Poverty in Sudan and South Sudan

This paper assesses multidimensional poverty in Sudan and South Sudan. We use the National Baseline Household Surveys (NBHS) of 2009 to measure poverty incidence in education, consumption, access to public assets and possession of private assets across these two countries. We differentiate between children/teenagers aged six to fourteen years and adults aged fifteen years or older. We apply a c...

Dracunculiasis in South Sudan

A Dinka-tribesman came to Marial Lou Hospital, South Sudan, in 2005. He experienced severe discomfort from a Dracunculus Medinensis (Guinea worm) emerging from his perineum (see Figures 1 and 2). The 80-cm-long parasite was successfully extracted. Persons get Dracunculiasis by drinking water containing water fleas harboring the larvae of the worm. The larvae are released into the water by the a...

Software Safety in Aviation

Safety and security are important issues for modern systems that interact with and often control the environment. Therefore both safety and security must be considered for the system operations in normal as well as in abnormal conditions. Traditionally in aviation, only safety was considered a central factor and approaches were developed to take a broader view of potential accident causes than ...

Managing epilepsy in South Sudan

Data from resource-rich settings demonstrate that complete seizure control can be achieved in at least two thirds of individuals, making it one of the most treatable chronic neurological conditions [4]. A similar rate is seen when sufferers in South Sudan have access to appropriate treatment [3]. This implies that there is great scope to bring about effective management of epilepsy on a global ...

Who South Sudan Report