Category: Clinical Stories

INTRODUCTION In September 2021 BCSS established a satellite clinic at Mongalla Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. Since then, 184 malnourished children and 6 mothers were diagnosed with malnutrition and data suggested this was increasing.   This prompted the project management to lobby for nutrition supplies. MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders) Swiss*, accepted our BCSS request and provided F100 milk in July 2023. BCSS staff began providing F100 milk to malnourished children at the IDP camp and nearby communities. This includes recent refugees in the camp displaced by the war in Sudan. BEFORE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS Since opening in September 2021, at…

Medical News from the Buckeye Clinic in South Sudan Guinea worm disease (GWD) eradication is a global effort and is close to completion. While 3.5 million cases were documented globally in 1986, only 13 cases (including one in South Sudan) were reported in 2022. In the first quarter of 2023, no cases were reported anywhere in the world. However, this week at the Buckeye Satellite Clinic in Mongalla (BSCM), a woman presented with symptoms of GWD. BSCM's Clinical Officer, Maleuth Deng Abraham, made the diagnosis. Almost immediately the National Ministry of Health sent a team to investigate and provide material for community…