South Sudan’s Ministry of Health has announced a 90-day preparedness and response plan worth about $7.3 million to strengthen measures against a potential Ebola outbreak.
The ministry said the funds would support infection
prevention and control systems, surveillance, rapid response infrastructure,
and the establishment of isolation centres across the country.
Health Minister Luka Thomson Thoan, as reported by RadioMiraya, said the government would finance 30% of the budget, while
international partners are expected to cover the remaining 70%.
He said partners supporting the response are being
coordinated by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa
CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa.
Thoan added that a significant portion of the required
funding had already been mobilized.
South Sudan has heightened preparedness efforts amid
concerns over possible cross-border transmission risks from Ebola outbreaks
reported in Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo.
