MSF warns of collapse of healthcare in South Sudan
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Médecins sans frontières is warning of the deterioration of South Sudan's healthcare system, which it links to declining international aid funding. In its facilities, the organisation is seeing patients arriving very ill after long journeys to access healthcare, according to RFI.
Médecins sans frontières (MSF) is warning of the deterioration of healthcare in South Sudan, which it links to declining international funding for assistance. In its hospitals, the organisation is seeing an influx of patients arriving in serious condition after travelling long distances to obtain healthcare, according to RFI.
MSF says some of these patients cannot be saved. The organisation describes a situation affecting different parts of the country as declining international aid budgets reduce the capacity of South Sudan's healthcare system, RFI reports.
The warning comes after health consequences already reported from the reduction in aid, particularly in areas where thousands of South Sudanese have been deprived of healthcare. Humanitarian cuts were reported on 7 November.
