NTD prevention in South Sudan
A mass drug administration (MDA) campaign targeting onchocerciasis (also known as ‘river blindness’) and lymphatic filariasis began in South Sudan earlier this month. These two Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are among the five endemic NTDs that respond to Preventive Chemotherapy (PC-NTDs). MENTOR and the NTD Department of the South Sudanese Ministry of Health are delivering […]
Sustainable water and sanitation in South Sudan
59% per cent of the population in South Sudan does not have access to safe water, according to UNICEF. Dirty water, poor hygiene practices and a lack of sanitation significantly increases the risk of diseases like cholera and acute diarrhoea – the leading cause of death among children in the country. This crisis is compounded […]
Improving hygiene and sanitation in South Sudan
Around 70 people completed training in Community-Led Total Led Sanitation (CLTS) in Torit, South Sudan last week as part of an initiative to make the entire country open defecation free by 2030. South Sudan remains one of the countries with the highest rates of open defecation worldwide. The newly equipped trainers will introduce the effective […]
Communities in South Sudan celebrate Open Defecation Free status
Communities in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan came together with MENTOR staff and ministry officials in October to celebrate a number of villages being declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). So far 60 communities have been declared ODF, which is achieved after a year since Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) activities were implemented. This initiative is part […]
Sharing best practice at the Neglected Tropical Diseases Conference, September 2022
The MENTOR Initiative, a sponsor of the Neglected Tropical Diseases NGO Network (NNN) conference, attended in person to share experiences and best practice with implementing partners and national NTD programmes. MENTOR is an active member of NNN and contributed to some of the cross-cutting groups that met. The theme of the conference: NTDs in health […]
Targeting Neglected Tropical Diseases in South Sudan
The MENTOR Initiative is working closely with its partners to control and subsequently eliminate onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis in South Sudan, which are among the five endemic Neglected Tropical Diseases that respond to Preventive Chemotherapy (PC-NTDs). MENTOR and the South Sudan National NTD Programme, with funding from The END Fund, is targeting onchocerciasis – commonly […]
The Visionaries – PBS documentary in Maban, South Sudan
In September, 2021, the team behind the PBS documentary “The Visionaries” visited Maban, South Sudan with the support of The MENTOR Initiative to cover the story of MENTOR’s decade of work in the country, providing host communities and IDPs/refugees with support against the problems of malaria and vector-borne diseases. The Visionaries team spent 3 days […]
Accelerating Access to Water and Sanitation in South Sudan
Most regions of South Sudan are continuously affected by insecurity, flooding and violent conflicts resulting in exacerbated poverty, lack of infrastructure and a significant proportion of the population being continually displaced. This impedes the ability to transport materials and staff required to build Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructures, and to reach the most vulnerable […]
Delivering malaria control activities during extreme flooding – South Sudan
In recent months, South Sudan has experienced its most devastating floods in 60 years, with torrential rains ravaging several parts of the country. More than 1 million people across half of South Sudan have been affected by devastating flooding since July 2020 (1). Entire communities have fled to higher ground to escape the rising waters […]