CES Health Minister Nejuwa Juma Mursal|Courtesy

Health officials in Central Equatoria State have so far registered a total of 2,932 confirmed cholera cases, 32 deaths and, 932 individuals have recovered from the illness.

“Up to today the number of accumulative cases is 2,932 with 32 death case in the state yesterday the state registered zero death case and we registered about 932 recovering cases while the fatality rate is 1 percent”, the State Minister of Health, Najwa Juma Mursal has confirmed.

On Wednesday, the Central Equatoria State High-Level Cholera Outbreak Response Oversight Committee, chaired by Deputy Governor Paulino Lukudu, convened to review the outbreak’s status and determine strategies for effective containment.

The state constituted team to coordinate and monitor response efforts with partners, reviewed key actions to combat the outbreak.

The state officials agreed on plans to establish new oral re-hydration points at Gumbo Cholera Treatment Unit in Mangala.

Mrs. Mursal said the ministry has received 300,000 doses of cholera vaccines from the National Ministry of Health.

She added the vaccines are expected to help mitigate the outbreak and protect vulnerable populations.

The cholera outbreak first declared in October 2024 has rapidly spread across South Sudan with more than 17,000 cases and 200 plus deaths countrywide.

According to the World Health Organization, Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

It is a global public health threat and indicates inequity and lack of social and economic development.

WHO adds access to safe water, basic sanitation and hygiene is essential to prevent cholera and other waterborne diseases.