Since the beginning of the latest emergency, in mid-December 2013, in close cooperation with the South Sudan Red Cross the ICRC has:
— performed almost 2,000 operations in 12 local health facilities, and provided medical supplies for 34 first-aid and other health-care facilities, as well as wound-dressing materials used in more than 5,000 cases by South Sudan Red Cross volunteers;
— provided clean water for 230,000 people in displaced and other conflict-affected communities as well as in health and detention facilities in various parts of the country;
— provided tents, cooking utensils and tarpaulins as emergency shelter for around 400,000 displaced people around the country;
— visited more than 4,000 people held in various places of detention;
— arranged for around 10,000 phone calls to be made from various camps to enable displaced people to contact family members.
— performed almost 2,000 operations in 12 local health facilities, and provided medical supplies for 34 first-aid and other health-care facilities, as well as wound-dressing materials used in more than 5,000 cases by South Sudan Red Cross volunteers;
— provided clean water for 230,000 people in displaced and other conflict-affected communities as well as in health and detention facilities in various parts of the country;
— provided tents, cooking utensils and tarpaulins as emergency shelter for around 400,000 displaced people around the country;
— visited more than 4,000 people held in various places of detention;
— arranged for around 10,000 phone calls to be made from various camps to enable displaced people to contact family members.
