Highlights
Heavy rains on 5 October in Bentiu flooded 199 latrines, setting back progress on water and sanitation in the site. Engineers were on the ground pumping water out of the site.
Cholera continued to decline, with only 3 new cases during the previous week. Kala-azar rates were about triple what they were the same period last year.
The Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, visited South Sudan for a week. Her visit focuses on recommendations for measures to be taken to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence concerns.
3.8 million People to be assisted by the end of the year
3.1 million People reached with humanitarian assistance *
1.4 million People internally displaced by violence
463,000 People have fled to neighboring countries
Situation overview
Heavy rains flooded 199 latrines in Bentiu PoC site, Unity State, lowering sanitation coverage to 1 latrine for every 96 people.
An assessment to Renk, Upper Nile state found some 7,300 people displaced by recent fighting. Most were staying in host communities and abandoned homes. Some were living in the open. Key needs were identified as shelter and household items, food, education, protection, and health.
In Bor, Jonglei State, the situation was calm, with the market frequented by women and children during the day and administrative offices open as normal during business hours. However, some 2,700 people remained in the UN Protection of Civilians site seeking shelter. Elsewhere in the state, in Pibor County, the situation was tense due to clashes and movement of armed groups.
In Mingkaman, Lakes State, the situation was calm with about 400 individuals returning to Bor during the week.
Meanwhile, 169 people arrived to Mingkaman from nearby islands and were registered at the site. Many people, including school aged children, continued traveling between Bor and Mingkaman during the day.
Elsewhere, Lakes State’s situation, including in the capital, was fragile with continued criminality, revenge attacks, and gender-based violence.
Among displaced people, malaria, acute respiratory infection (ARI), and acute watery diarrhea remained the main causes of illness.
