A cross-sectional study was conducted between September and October 2010 in five states of South Sudan that were selected on the basis of the perceived risk of tick-borne diseases. The purpose was to investigate epidemiological parameters of tick-borne diseases in South Sudan and their uses in future control strategies. A total of 805 calves were assessed by clinical, microscopic and serologi...

Most women and children have not received vaccinations for more than two years and their bodies are weak from hunger. As a result, they are more susceptible to vaccine-preventable and other communicable diseases. {/besps_c} {besps_c}0|3.jpg| The arrival of refugees from cholera-affected areas in South Sudan also increases the threat of importation of the disease into Sudan, placing both refugee...

The humanitarian situation in South Sudan is dire, with over two million returnees since 2005 and another 300,000 expected to return by the end of 2013. In 2012, 170,000 refugees settled in five camps in Unity and Upper Nile states, endemic areas of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Sudan Humanitarian Update 1st Quarter 2012). VL in South Sudan is ...

Africa contributes only 3.9% in air traffic, but records 19% of aviation accidents, terms fatalities. High accident rates are attributed to poor compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). This study analyzed the prevalence aircraft accidents youngest African country, South Sudan, which obtained independence July 9, 2011. The qua...

BACKGROUND Health conditions for mothers, newborns, and children in South Sudan are among the worst worldwide. South Sudan has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the world and despite alarming statistics, few women and children in South Sudan have access to needed healthcare, especially in rural areas. The purpose of this study was to understand the barriers to maternal, newborn and chil...

BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) activity has recently been detected in the Kordufan region of Sudan. Since 2008, several sporadic cases and nosocomial outbreaks associated with high case-fatality have been reported in villages and rural hospitals in the region. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In the present study, we describe a cluster of cases occurring in June 2009 in Dunkop village, A...

Sudan is a sanctuary for many neighboring countries such as south Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Libya, Chad and Egypt. There are four million foreigners in the country 40 per cent of population Khartoum State foreigners, including 60,000 illegal residents

Conflicts in Africa are increasingly becoming violent and endemic. Many of these conflicts related to crises identities, struggles for resources power contestations. A few escalate self-determination, separatist movements, secession. These mostly transcend national borders trigger the alteration redesigning borders, which itself becomes a source continued across borders. For instance, attainmen...

INTRODUCTION Trachoma is a disease that can lead to visual impairment and ultimately blindness. Previous estimates of health losses from trachoma using the Global Burden of Disease methodology have not, however, included the stage prior to visual impairment. We estimated the burden of all stages of trachoma in South Sudan and assessed the uncertainty associated with the severity and duration of...