As the number of children living on the streets in South Sudan remains constant, a Data Speaks program researched and investigated the lives of these children in NBGs-Aweil.
According to the data gathered, the state’s ministry of gender and social welfare has confirmed the presence of 513 street children.
Joseph Madut Mou, the state Director of Social Welfare says the data was gathered during an assessment they made in February 2021. The majority of street children, according to Madut, are orphans, most of whom between the ages of six and fifteen.
The assessment was carried out with the goal of identifying the number of street children and the reasons why they are subjected to street life. Some of the identified children were collected and transported from Aweil town to a distance of more than 50 kilometers in Aweil West county (Malek Mayar village) for transformation through studies and child care services.
Table Showing Number of Street Children in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal per County
County
Male
Female
Total
Aweil Town Municipality
213
104
317
Aweil South County
34
32
66
Aweil East County
21
10
31
Aweil West County
23
12
35
Aweil North County
33
13
46
Aweil Center County
13
05
18
Total
337
176
513
Table Showing Number of Street Children in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal per County
The 105 children aged six to fifteen were collected in four locations: Naivasha, Sikadiet, Aweil Madina, and Maper Market. A local nonprofit organization, Community Empowerment & Peacebuilding Organization, is helping these 105 children.
Mr. Wol Wieu, CEO of Community Empowerment & Peacebuilding Organization (CEBO), stated that the 105 children housed at their center face enormous challenges.
Table Showing Supported and Unsupported Street Children in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State
Number of Supported Children
105
Number of Unsupported Children
408
Total Number of Street Children
513
Table Showing Supported and Unsupported Street Children in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State
Children are accommodated and enrolled in a community school called Ayat West Primary school.
Ayat primary school was already hosting a total of 450 school learners that came from their homes.
During the assessment, Mr. Wol said that these children were registered by Save the children organization with no support rendered.
Challenges facing street children in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal
Lack of clean drinking water, bedding (children sleep on local mats)
Lack of shelters/accommodation (Children are accommodated in local grass thatched houses)
Lack of scholastic materials such as exercise and text books, uniforms among others.
Management & Operationalization Of Child Care Center:
16 teachers are being employed but 8 of them are volunteers. Also two social workers were also employed to take charge of children.
Reasons That Force Children To Street
Some of the common reasons that push children to the streets include: death of parents, displacement of people due to violence, abject poverty and lack of parental care or support
Recommendations:
The following suggestions can help combat the issue of street children: Ending violence and child abuse requires effective advocacy that is supported by training.
Agricultural empowerment in order to promote farming and independence
Child protection organizations must advocate for funding to support organizations that implement projects for children in order to provide education and better health care.
About the Authors:
Ngor Deng Matem, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a three months data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for three months (October to December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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The increase in the number of women turning for vaccines has been attributed to a change of perception on the vaccine. At least two in five women encourage taking vaccines saying it is just as safe as immunization vaccines given to children.
By Charles Lotara
When South Sudan received its first and second batches of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine, more than half of the people who turned up for the jab were males, accounting for 61 percent of the total population inoculated at the inception of the vaccine rollout.
On the contrary, only 38.5 percent of women turned up for the jab. The gap was enormous thanks to misinformation about vaccines that they cause female infertility.
In September this year, the Ministry of Health made a courtesy call on women to defy misinformation and turn up for the jab.
“I want to make a call to women out there that Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca are safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 prevention,” said Dr. Victoria Anib Majur, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Health at the time.
“I want to encourage you not to listen to rumors out there that the vaccines cause infertility; the vaccines do not cause infertility,” she added.
Her call did not make an impact on women to take particularly the AstraZeneca vaccine. However, the supply of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine has seen a change of perception on COVID-19 vaccines.
Data obtained from the Ministry of Health reveals that 43.7 percent of those who are fully vaccinated between 8th October and 18th November are women. Men accounted for 56.3 percent during this phase of vaccine inoculation.
The updated action report from the Ministry of Health shows that as of 25th November, the percentage of men turning up for vaccines tumbled further with 54.5% getting the jab while the number of women inoculated increased by 1.8 percent.
On 6th December, the Ministry of Health reported that the vaccine uptake among women rose to 46.3 percent compared to 53.7 percent of their male counterparts.
The total number of people fully vaccinated to date is 139,364 with 33,006 receiving two AstraZeneca vaccine doses,and 106,358with single-doseJ&Jvaccine.
In the first week of December, the government announced that vaccination facilities in Juba had run out of the J&J doses while inoculation centres at state levels were yet to finish their shares.
With the government receiving additional 168,000 doses of the J&J vaccine on 10th December, statistics indicate that the percentage of women getting vaccinated could surpass that of men.
Change of perception
The increase in the number of women turning for vaccines has been attributed to a change of perception on the vaccine. At least two in five women encourage taking vaccines saying it is just as safe as immunization vaccines given to children.
“I see nothing wrong with taking it. It’s funny that there are parents who take their children for immunization but they don’t want to get vaccinated themselves. These vaccines come from the same manufacturer,” Ayot Nyibol said from the vaccination center. She’s one of the women who turned up for the vaccine.
About the Authors:
Charles Lotara, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a three months data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for three months (October to December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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This story looks into the trends of obstetric fistula treatment of the local population in Aweil, Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State from 2019 to 2021.
The treatment exercises were carried out by the Ministry of Health and its partners including United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
In 2019, 41 cases of fistula from Aweil were successfully treated, 57 cases were successfully treated in 2020, and 10 cases were successfully treated in 2021.
Only 10 of the 17 patients registered in 2021 received treatment, with the remaining seven not receiving treatment due to a lack of financial support to travel from villages. One hundred and eight patients have been treated in total since 2019.
Fistula Treatment in Aweil By Year
Year
Number of Patients Treated
2019
41
2020
57
2021
10
Table Showing Fistula Treatment in Aweil By Year
Total Cases Treated and Not Treated Since 2019
Total Cases Treated
108
Total Cases Not Treated
07
Total Cases Registered
115
Table Showing Total Cases Treated and Not Treated Since 2019
What is obstetric fistula?
Obstetric Fistula is a severe birth injury that causes a hole between the birth canal, bladder, and rectum. The infection is caused by both prolonged labor without medical care and early pregnancy. The conditions typically affect patients, particularly women, because they promote uncontrolled urine and faeces.
Challenges:
The following are some of the setbacks in the fight against fistula in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal; patients claim that they are neglected by relatives, particularly husbands, due to the smell. Inadequate financial support to cater for or facilitate logistics during the rare treatment that takes place in Wau. Lack of doctors in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, as well as low patient turnout due to a lack of mobilization.
Way forward:
To ensure the success of the fight against fistula, the following recommendations are being made: The Ministry of Health should encourage pregnant women to visit the hospital on a regular basis for medical checks, and child marriage should be discouraged because the majority of cases involve women who marry at a young age.
The government of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal should plan to establish treatment centers within the state to avoid the need to travel from Aweil to Wau, and the public has urged the Ministry of Health to increase awareness of the campaign to end child marriage.
About the Authors:
Ngor Deng Matem at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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As late as 2019, infant mortality rate in South Sudan remained among some of the highest in Africa.
By Charles Lotara
Ten years before South Sudan attained independence in 2011, the infant mortality rate was already alarming with 44,508 children dying annually before reaching age five. Boys accounted for 23,395 of this tally compared to 21,113 girls. That was as late as 2001.
This mortality ratio was attributed to inadequate midwifery services in the country. According to Global Health Workforce Alliance, a subsidiary of the World Health Organization, the ratio of midwives in the country was 1 per 38,088 populations. This was even so after the referendum.
The above factor was also compounded by the unavailability of a formal system for the supervision and support of nursing and midwifery practice in the country, especially at state level.
Similarly, at national stage, there was no legal and regulatory framework guiding midwifery practice according to a 2011 report from the Ministry of Health titled Special Supplement: Development of Nursing and Midwifery Services in South Sudan, produced in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
But amid the above challenges, the country had made strides on mitigating infant mortality. Data from the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reveals that 35,711 and 35,288 children (boys and girls) below five died in 2011 and 2012 respectively, a sharp drop from ten years earlier.
These improvements were a result of the creation of an ambitious Health Sector Development Plan spanning from 2011 – 2016 with emphasis on Strategic Plan for Human Resources for Health (HRH).
However, the country is witnessing a stunning reversal on the achievements it has made just two years after independence thanks to a protracted civil war which weakened a nascent health system. In 2013, 35,319, an increase of 13 children under five from 2012, died.
In 2015, the World Health Organisation documented that the probability of a child dying by age five was 90.7 percent in every 1000 live births.
As late as 2019, the death toll of children aged five years and below rose to 36,916. This means the country has lost 1,597 children below five years within a seven-year span with male accounting for 852 of the total and females accounting for 588.
This alarming trend is projected to continue if no urgent action is taken according to the World Health Organization.
Mortality Rate By Year
Year
Number of Infant Mortality
2001
44,508
2011
35,711
2012
35,288
2013
35,319
2019
36,916
Efforts made
Three years after the referendum, the national Ministry of Health crafted the National Health Policy, another ambitious initiative that was to run from 2016-2026, to provide the overall vision and strategic direction for development in the health sector and also curbing maternal mortality rate.
Dubbed the NHP, the initiative was to be implemented through two five-year strategic plans: 2016 -2021 and 2021-2026. The policy – the government said at the time – draws its mandate from the Transitional Constitution, Vision 2040, the South Sudan Development Plan (SSDP), and that it was cognizant of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
The overall goal of the NHP was to deliver a strengthened national health system and partnerships that overcome barriers to effective delivery of the Basic Package of Health and Nutrition Services and a system that efficiently responds to quality and safety concerns of communities while protecting the people from impoverishment and social risk.
No much change
Six years later, the aforementioned initiatives have done very little to improve the health system and in particular, service delivery at the department of obstetrics and gynaecology, especially at the country’s main referral health facility, Juba Teaching Hospital.
Most health infrastructures remain dilapidated; essential medical and surgical equipment are either outdated or lacking. The management and human resource capacity has weakened.
The World Health Organisation says the Nongovernmental Organisations are still responsible for 80% of the country’s health service delivery, which complicates the coordination of service delivery.
In its Country Cooperation Agenda 2014 – 2019, the first priority of the World Health Organisation was to contribute to the reduction of maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality. By the year 2019, the infant mortality rate was the highest since 2011.
The World Health Organisation did very little to provide technical support for the development and implementation of policies, strategies and plans for integrated maternal, newborn, and child health.
Support for the Ministry of Health to improve the accessibility and availability of integrated maternal, newborn, and child health services at all levels of the health system has stalled and the promise to ensure accessibility and availability of emergency obstetric and newborn care within the primary health care and referral system remained unfulfilled according to a report by the Global Health Observatory.
The future looks bleak. Development assistance has remained a major source of revenue for South Sudan, especially following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic that sparked a sharp fall in oil prices and shrinking national revenue.
As countries around the world fret over the spread of the omicron variant, possibilities of another lockdown are imminent. This could further affect oil production and national revenue which would otherwise be used to revamp the health sector and curb the runaway infant mortality rate.
To break beyond this uncertainty, the government must utilise funding from the non-oil revenue and development assistance from the donor community and adjust the national budget for the health sector. This could significantly reduce the worrying trend of infant mortality.
Background information
Since the inception of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, the Ministry of Health, through the Department of Reproductive Health, has been putting in place systems and mechanisms for coordinating the integration, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Sexual and Reproductive Health services in South Sudan.
Based on data from 2006, five years before the referendum, the country had arguably the highest maternal mortality ratio in the world with 2,057 children per 100,000 live births dying before the age of five.
In 2011 and 2012, health partners, including the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Population Fund, scaled up support to the country’s health sector. This saw a significant reduction in the ratio of infant deaths.
Two years after independence, the government maintained efforts to eradicate infant deaths. It is against this background that in 2013, the Family Planning Policy was launched.
One of the aims of this policy was to provide comprehensive and integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in line with the recommendations of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Egyptian capital Cairo according to the then Minister of Health Dr. Michael Milly Hussein.
The Ministry of Health noted that one in five women of reproductive age (15-49 years) has unmet needs for spacing or limiting childbirth. This, according to the government, has also contributed tremendously to the rise in infant mortality ratio.
In December 2013, civil war broke out. This further affected the already-faltering health system and jeopardised the efforts to eradicate infant mortality rate even after the conflict.
The Family Planning Policy also provided that obstetricians give expectant mothers the necessary guidelines required to ensure safe delivery. However, this has not been implemented. Instead, obstetricians who go for months without salaries have been blamed for negligence.
As late as 2019, infant mortality rate in South Sudan remained among some of the highest in Africa. But the government is confident that the Family Planning Policy crafted eight years ago will promote an integrated approach in studies to provide insights in the development of culturally accepted and appropriate materials to be used for safe motherhood and family planning services.
About the Authors:
Charles Lotara, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualisation for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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Because being on social media platforms means you have many competitors, you are expected to create good content for your audience to follow you. In South Sudan, the most influential people and talented artists use Social Media platforms to express their artistic talents and share their opinion with their fans.
However, the challenges of internet access in South Sudan affect content creators’ ability to satisfy their audience in the country. They attract a large audience to their pages and engage in the creation of various content through social media platforms such as Facebook.
From November 2020 to October 2021, 211 Check used the CrowdTangle platform to analyze the 16 Facebook Pages of the most influential South Sudanese Celebrities and their interactions with their fans. The analysis revealed total followers for 11 months, as well as follower growth per page.
The number of followers on a page indicates the audience’s interest in specific pages or people; it also depends on how the post is written (Photo, Video or Live and content created).
The trends of various posts on various platforms in South Sudan are primarily about discussions on influential topics such as promoting national football teams, basketball teams, or music and political news across the country.
About the Authors:
David Uku, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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Data collected by 211 Check, according to multiple media reports from November of this year, show that at least 267 individuals were killed in several incidents around South Sudan.
In comparison to October, when 79 persons were slain, November’s figures show an increase of 237.97 percent.
The majority of deaths last month happened in Jonglei State, where about 89 individuals were killed by an unknown illness and over 70 others died largely in intercommunal confrontations.
The following state, Warrap, comes in second with 32 deaths, the most of which were caused by intercommunal violence and road ambushes.
Following that is Western Equatoria State, where 24 people are said to have died last month and Eastern Equatoria State with 18 deaths.
Upper Nile State, Central Equatoria and Unity States each had 14, 12 and 5 deaths respectively.
In Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State there were two reported deaths and 1 killing in Lakes State.
In any of the three administrative areas of Abyei, Ruweng, or Greater Pibor, there were no documented cases of violence-related deaths as well as in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal.
About the Authors:
Data Speaks Fellows at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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This story focuses on the most recent increase in commodity prices in Juba. The data is based on a physical market survey at Konyo Konyo Market.
By Charles Lotara
The market prices of commodities in South Sudan have been unstable since the outbreak of civil war in 2013 when the South Sudanese Pounds started losing value against the United States Dollars.
In August this year, the prices of basic commodities almost doubled after truck drivers declared strike over rampant insecurity along the Nimule – Juba Highway, the only major route that connects South Sudan to the rest of East African countries.
This phenomenon compelled the government to enforce security measures to curb the runaway level of criminality and banditry along the highway.
In mid-August, truckers trickled in after security assurance from the government. This has resulted in market stabilization. The government through the Ministry of Finance injected more forex into the market, this resulted in an improved exchange rate. But prices never went down thanks to lack of confidence from traders in sloppy regulatory policies.
And, the skyrocketing prices are worsening as the festive season approaches. A first hand assessment reveals that some have doubled their initial price tags within the space of two weeks. A continuity in trend of increase could make basic commodities unaffordable to low-income households.
On Wednesday, 01 December 2021, the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly summoned eight institutions to explain circumstances surrounding market price hikes. These were the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, and Ministry of Roads and Bridges.
Other institutions summoned by the parliament were the National Revenue Authority, the Central Bank, Chamber of Commerce, and the National Bureau of Standards.
Paul Yoane Bonju, the Chairperson Designate of the Reconstituted Transitional National Assembly blames the government for failure to implement regulations that protect local consumers.
“The prices of commodities in our markets are very, very high these days. Our markets have been dominated by foreigners, and South Sudanese are not in control of their markets,” the Chairperson Designate was quoted by The City Review to have said.
“We are supposed to be a mixed economy rather than a free economy. In a free economy, anybody can come and do anything that he wants, but in a mixed economy, we can control the prices,” added Mr Yoane.
But it is unclear whether the summon of these institutions will drive a positive impact on the market ahead of festivities.
Between late November and the first week of December, a kilogram of lentils was costing SSP 800 up from 600 a few weeks earlier. Our market survey within Juba also reveals that the price of onions has doubled from SSP500 to SSP1000.
By the time of publishing, a liter of cooking was sold at SSP 1000, an increase from SSP 700 two weeks prior. The cost of public transportation also doubled, especially for those staying on the outskirts of Juba. The trend paints a bleak future for the common man.
Leading cause of market price hikes
South Sudan is a landlocked country. The country is one of the biggest importers of commodities. According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), an organization that monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity, cereal supplies in Juba, Torit, Bor, and Rumbek are mostly sourced from Uganda.
Agriculture production remained poor, especially in states and administrative areas ridden by communal conflict and flooding.
About the Authors:
Charles Lotara, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, updated this data story (already in the 211 Check archive), which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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According to data obtained from the Aviation Safety Network, at least 87 people have died in various plane crashes since South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011.
The biggest incident that claimed 41 lives occurred on November 4, 2015, near Juba International Airport in Central Equatoria State, when Allied Services Limited – lsf Asia Airways crashed while taking off.
The second biggest fatality occurred on September 9, 2018, near Yirol airstrip in Lakes State, when South West Aviation, lsf Slav-Air crashed while landing – a heartbreaking occurrence that killed 20 people, including a bishop.
Other recent crashes that killed several people include the recent South Supreme Airlines Pieri and last year’s South West Aviation incidents, which killed ten and seven people, respectively.
According to the data presented above, Central Equatoria State, Juba City, had the highest number of incidents that claimed several lives.
Wau Airport took second place among the airstrips that had several incidents, despite the fact that the number of passengers killed was lower.
According to the data, only a few people survived all of the crashes. However, the majority of the occurrences were unintentional. There were no instances of hijacking or criminal activity in any of the cases.
IATA neglected call
The International Air Transport Association encouraged South Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authorities in a letter dated February 8, 2021, to ensure that the desired level of safety and efficiency is implemented in the lower airspace.
Many interventions, according to the association, have not resulted in a clear improvement in safety performance.
Furthermore, the aviation body claimed that Juba is a difficult operational environment due to the following reported deficiencies:
Air Traffic Services.
Industrial action by civilian air traffic service personnel.
Deployment of military air traffic controllers to replace civilian personnel.
RNAV/GNSS approach procedures are deficient. Previous procedures were cancelled and are no longer valid.
Frequency congestion as a result of combined Ground, Tower and Approach control services on a single frequency.
IATA recommended that airlines operating within the South Sudan Airspace at a minimum should:
Treat the operation as specialized, and continue to exercise robust risk management practices pertaining to the operation.
Ensure crews are well briefed of the above challenges.
Operators should continue reporting issues/concerns in the above airspace using safety reporting mechanisms and, where applicable, the IATA GADM IDX program.
However, the appeal appears to have been in vain, or authorities may be carrying it out undercover.
About the Authors:
Justin Anthony, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, updated this data story (already in the 211 Check archive), which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State had registered 775 COVID-19 cases and 01 death as of October 2021 according to its Health Ministry
By Ngor Deng
Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal is one of the states where the novel coronavirus has been identified. Following the confirmation of a few cases, a COVID-19 isolation center was established at the Light House in Aweil.
According to an announcement by the management of the COVID-19 taskforce in the State, the isolation center was closed in May due to a lack of funding from the government and implementing health organizations.
Because of a lack of financial support, the trained health workers who were providing services abandoned the center, causing the Covid-19 patients and suspects to live in disarray.
What Is The Number Of People Affected?
Between January and October 2021, 775 positive cases were recorded according to the State Coordination office on Covid-19 pandemic hence the number of positive confirmed cases in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state as of October 2021 was 775.
Only 71 patients within the registered or recorded were admitted in the isolation center until they became fully recovered or rescued before it was closed down in May.
A pregnant woman died of COVID-19 in October 2021 while under the care of Medicines Sans Frontières (MSF) at Aweil civil hospital, while four positive COVID-19 cases were officially confirmed at the same time.
Table Showing COVID-19 Cases Statistics in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State as of October 2021
Total Cases Recorded
775
Cases Admitted at Isolation Center
71
Cases Not Admitted at Isolation Center
703
Death Cases
1
Vaccination Against Covid-19 Spreads In NBGS-Aweil Government And Health Partners Response
The Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Aweil on June 12, 2021, and vaccinations began immediately. In the first round, 2, 856 people were vaccinated, and the vaccines were finished by August 2021.
The second vaccination was effective from August to October, and 4,581 people were immunized. According to state coordinator for the Expanded Immunization Program Santino Ngong Chan, males accounted for 3,635, while females accounted for 946.
Table Showing COVID-19 Vaccine Statistics in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State as of October 2021
Total Number of People Vaccinated
4,581
Male
3,635
Female
946
Recommendation
Despite numerous requests, medical officials at the COVID 19 taskforce office reiterated calls on the National Ministry of Health and partners to support the isolation center.
About the Authors:
Ngor Deng, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information
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Jonglei State has 1,025 schools with an enrollment of 91,500 learners this year. In the 200 schools destroyed by floods, over 60,000 learners have been affected.
By Deng Ghai Deng
Authorities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state say more than 200 schools are submerged in flood waters and this is hampering education in the State. Francis Mayen, the director of School in Jonglei state ministry of education many students and pupils did not return to the school when school reopens in May.
Jonglei State has 1,025 schools with an enrollment of 91,500 learners this year. In the 200 schools destroyed by floods, over 60,000 learners have been affected.
“The problem of flooding which started in 2020 has greatly impacted education in Jonglei state. Most schools in the 9 counties are not operational, they are either shut down because the students left the area or the premises are completely under water.” Mayen said
Mayen says 70 percent of the students who failed to return to schools are female. He says challenges of school fees, lack of sanitary pads, earlier marriage and economic hindrance could have contributed to the dropout because floods destroyed the majority of the people’s livelihood.
“When crises such as the floods struck many people in South Sudan ignore education and some people opt to marry their daughters off. Economic crisis is also another problem. So when you look at the number of students who are now back at school you see more female students are missing.” Mayen added.
In September, the education cluster led by UNICEF and the state government initiated the mapping exercise to determine the effect of flooding on learning activities in Jonglei. The mapping – which covered accessible schools in ten locations – shows that learning and school structures have been severely affected there.
Duku Francis, UNICEF’s education specialist in Jonglei, told reporters that the UN agency was working with the state authorities to support schools.
“We will map out these schools that have been displaced or flooded, and when a school is able to identify a new land, we will provide some basic support to this school,” Francis said
Recently, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Close to 800,000 people have been affected by rising waters across the country since May, in particular in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile states. The agency stated that Jonglei and Unity were the most affected states accounting for 58 percent of people affected by floods in the country. Early seasonal rains have caused rivers to overflow resulting in flooding in large areas and settlements
Last month the children said the weakened health system compounded by multiple shocks, including COVID-19, has also impacted the health and wellbeing of millions – with more children already needing treatment for acute malnutrition in 2021. Furthermore, an estimated 2.8 million children (51% girls) are out of school in 2021, in addition to 98,500 school-aged refugee children, of which 18,000 children are out of school. “These children need immediate child protection services from multiple risks including recruitment by armed groups, psychosocial stress, family separation, violence, abuse and exploitation in 61 most affected counties,” said Rama Hansraj, Country Director – Save the Children.
About the Authors:
Deng Ghai Deng, a Data Speaks Fellow at #defyhatenow South Sudan, wrote this data story, which was edited by 211 Check Editor Emmanuel Bida Thomas and approved for publication by Steve Topua, Data Analyst and Trainer. It’s part of the ongoing #defyhatenow South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship program with funding from the European Union Delegation to South Sudan.
About South Sudan Data Speaks Fellowship:
This is a two-month and half data journalism fellowship for South Sudanese content creators with an aim of educating participants on the fundamentals of data journalism through in-depth training facilitated by experienced data analysts.
The fellows have been selected from across South Sudan and they are trained in data sourcing/mining, data analysis, and data visualization for two months and half (October to Mid December)
Each fellow will produce a minimum of three (03) data stories during the fellowship. The focus will be on increasing access to information.
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