WHO Weekly Situation Update on Ongoing Health Emergency Events in South Sudan – Week #42, Date: 12 – 18 Oct 2026

Please refer to the attached file. PRIORITY ACTIONS ▸ ▸Sustain BVD preparedness across the 15 priority counties as DRC reaches 9, 637 cases; maintain PoE screening (181, 662 over 15–21 Oct), RCCE and cross-border coordination as Kenya manages a 9-case cluster and Nigeria confirms an imported case. ▸ Respond to the Hepatitis E outbreak in Chuil/Nyirol, Jonglei (67 cases, 4 deaths; CFR 33% in pregnant women) with WASH and chlorination at the IDP site, protection of pregnant women, and laboratory confirmation. ▸ Sustain the Sudan-crisis nutrition response at Renk (1, 692 children screened; 159 SAM, 18 MAM; 173 PLW) and the acute-malnutrition and displacement response in Warrap and Jonglei. ▸ Sustain malaria response (50, 828 cases, 16 deaths — 57% below 2025); maintain ITN coverage and QA microscopy ahead of the Malaria Indicator Survey. ▸ Sustain the Round 1 Polio NIDs campaign (69 counties · 60% of 3. 9M under-fives) after two new cVDPV1 detections in Urror and Rubkona, and investigate the new measles outbreak in Malakal.

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