{"id":4114,"date":"2025-04-11T04:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T04:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2025-04-11T04:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T04:01:15","slug":"south-sudan-cholera-children-deaths-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=4114","title":{"rendered":"Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says"},"content":{"rendered":"


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At least five children and three adults with cholera died as they went in search of treatment in South Sudan after aid cuts by the Trump administration shuttered local health clinics during the country\u2019s worst cholera outbreak in decades, the international charity Save the Children reported this week.<\/p>\n

The victims, all from the country\u2019s east, died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The American aid cuts, put into effect by the Trump administration in January, forced 7 of 27 health facilities supported by Save the Children across Akobo County to close and 20 others to partly cease operations, the charity said in a statement. Some clinics are now run only by volunteers, and they no longer have the means to transport sick patients to hospitals.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Thursday, Christopher Nyamandi, Save the Children\u2019s country director for South Sudan, said he had visited a health clinic in Akobo County that was providing nutrition assistance and helping with the cholera response shortly after the cuts were announced. The scene he described was dire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n