“Due to the conflict, many people living in this area between frontlines have been forced to move, often several times,” says Abdalla Hussein, MSF’s head of mission in South Sudan. In October MSF opened the new hospital, and in April MSF took the decision to run it as a stable project. “We see a lot of mothers and children coming to the hospital,” says Madeleine Walder, MSF’s field coordinator in Ulang. MSF has put in place a referral system, with patients mainly transported by speedboat along the Sobat river from outlying health centres to Ulang hospital. “The Greater Ulang area presents logistical challenges, for us and for our patients,” says Walder.

Source: Ethiopian News May 10, 2019 14:15 UTC