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Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Juba, South Sudan: a population-based study

medRxiv, 2021
Background: Relatively few COVID-19 cases and deaths have been reported through much of sub-Saharan Africa, including South Sudan, although the extent of SARS-CoV-2 spread remains unclear due to weak surveillance systems and few population-representative
K. Wiens, Pinyi Nyimol Mawien, J. Rumunu, D. Slater, Forrest K. Jones, S. Moheed, A. Caflish, Bior K. Bior, Iboyi Amanya Jacob, R. Lako, A. G. Guyo, O. Olu, S. Maleghemi, Andrew Baguma, J. J. Hassen, Sheila K. Baya, L. Deng, J. Lessler, M. N. Demby, V. Sanchez, Rachel Mills, C. Fraser, R. Charles, J. Harris, A. Azman, J. Wamala   +25 more
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Republic of South Sudan

IMF Staff Country Reports, 2022
This weekly bulletin presents the epidemiological status of priority diseases, events, and conditions under surveillance in South Sudan. The data comes from various actors involved in preparedness and response to public health events in the country ...
Aggrey Tisa Sabuni
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“If You Are Born a Girl in This Crisis, You Are Born a Problem”: Patterns and Drivers of Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict-Affected South Sudan

Violence against Women, 2021
This article presents the results of a qualitative study on the context and different forms of violence committed against women and girls in South Sudan.
M. Ellsberg, Maureen Murphy, A. Blackwell, Mairi Macrae, Dashakti Reddy, Clare Hollowell, Tim Hess, Manuel Contreras-Urbina   +7 more
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Coping Strategies of Food Insecure Households in Conflict Areas: The Case of South Sudan

Sustainability, 2021
The surge in acute food insecurity due to conflict calls for sound evidence-based policymaking. Unfortunately, the knowledge on behaviours of households when they face a food shortage in these situations is under-reported in the literature.
M. Sassi
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High Prevalence of Epilepsy in an Onchocerciasis-Endemic Area in Mvolo County, South Sudan: A Door-To-Door Survey

Pathogens, 2021
In June 2020, a door-to-door household survey was conducted in Mvolo County, an onchocerciasis-endemic area in South Sudan. A total of 2357 households containing 15,699 individuals agreed to participate in the study.
S. Raimon, Alfred Dusabimana, G. Abd-Elfarag, Samuel Okaro, J. Carter, C. Newton, M. Y. Logora, R. Colebunders   +7 more
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The alien flora of Sudan and South Sudan: taxonomic and biogeographical composition

Biological Invasions, 2021
Studies on plant invasions depend on local and regional checklists of the alien flora. However, global overview studies have shown that some regions, including many African countries, remain understudied in this regard. To contribute to filling this gap,
Ali Omer, M. Kordofani, H. H. Gibreel, P. Pyšek, M. van Kleunen   +4 more
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The prevalence and associated factors of undernutrition among under-five children in South Sudan using the standardized monitoring and assessment of relief and transitions (SMART) methodology

BMC Nutrition, 2021
Conflict regions bear the heaviest brunt of food insecurity and undernutrition. South Sudan is one of the fragile countries following years of conflict that led to large displacements.
J. Kiarie, S. Karanja, Julius Busiri, Diana Mukami, C. Kiilu   +4 more
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Impact evaluation of immunisation service integration to nutrition programmes and paediatric outpatient departments of primary healthcare centres in Rumbek East and Rumbek Centre counties of South Sudan

Family Medicine and Community Health Journal, 2021
Objective To evaluate the impact of immunisation service integration to nutrition programmes and under 5-year-old paediatric outpatient departments of primary healthcare centres in Rumbek East and Rumbek Centre counties of South Sudan.
Israel Oluwaseyidayo Idris, Serifu Ayobami Lamidi, Victor A Ochagu, J. Tapkigen, Justin Geno Obwoya, K. Abbas   +5 more
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War and Schooling in South Sudan, 2013-2016

Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
South Sudan was embroiled in a civil war from mid-December 2013 to mid-September 2018. Nearly 400,000 people died, and several million were displaced.
A. Mayai
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ECONOMIC COOPERATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WITH THE INDEPENDENT SOUTH SUDAN

Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021
The subject of the paper is economic cooperation between the People's Republic of China and South Sudan during the first decade of independence of the African state. The introduction discusses the methodological assumptions of the paper.
Łukasz Jureńczyk
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