South Sudan's Ministry of Health reports a large outbreak of malaria has involved more than 900 000 cases, including 4073 deaths since February 2017.
Staff at Juba Teaching Hospitals saw 300 cases of malaria in February, 376 in March, 508 in April, 1,213 in June and over 2 000 in July. There have been over 5 000 cases (including 250 deaths in August.
South Sudan is a high risk country for malaria.
Malaria precautions are essential. Malaria is present throughout the whole country all year round.
Atovaquone/proguanil OR doxycycline OR mefloquine is usually recommended for those visiting risk areas.
For more information see Malaria.