Health Worker Incentive Payments Resume in South Sudan

Health Worker Incentive Payments Resume in South Sudan

2025-12-29

(JUBA) – South Sudan’s Ministry of Health has started paying long overdue incentive arrears to frontline health workers in selected counties, following the signing of a Quarter One output agreement with UNICEF under the Health Sector Transformation Project. In a statement issued by the Ministry’s communication department, the Ministry saidContinue Reading

Health Ministry Calls for Integration of Traditional Medicine

Health Ministry Calls for Integration of Traditional Medicine

2025-12-20

(NEW DELHI, INDIA/JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan’s Ministry of Health is pursuing a strategy to strengthen the national health sector through a combination of traditional medicine integration and international collaboration. Hon. Sarah Cleto Rial, Minister of Health, represented South Sudan at the second WHO Global Summit on Traditional MedicineContinue Reading

Unsafe Maize Flour Seized at Nesitu Border in Smuggling Crackdown

Unsafe Maize Flour Seized at Nesitu Border in Smuggling Crackdown

2025-12-14

(NESITU, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan’s National Bureau of Standards (SSNBS) has intercepted and detained a consignment of smuggled maize flour at Nesitu border station after laboratory tests showed unsafe levels of contamination. In a statement issued on 13 December 2025, the bureau said the maize flour was found toContinue Reading

South Sudan Unveils Health System Transformation Plan

South Sudan Unveils Health System Transformation Plan

2025-12-09

(JUBA) – South Sudan’s Vice President, Josephine Joseph Lagu, has announced a major initiative to reform the country’s health system. The Presidential Compact on Health System Transformation aims to coordinate health improvements across all government ministries and accelerate much-needed changes in the sector. Speaking at the closing of the 2025Continue Reading