By Hou Akot Hou
Northern Bahr El Ghazal state Ministry of Health is launching a vaccination campaign for river blindness, in Aweil South and Center counties.
Acting Director General in the ministry, Peter Dut Thiep told this outlet that training of personnel to conduct the vaccination in the two counties is ongoing.
“It will last for three days” he said.
According to Dut, the vaccination campaign targets over one hundred and fifty thousand beneficiaries who are under 5 years and pregnant mothers.
“Aweil South alone will have 96,836 and Aweil center will have fifty-five thousand.
Dut said the trainees will get the vaccines and go out for the campaign.
“We are going to send the teams out to Aweil South and Aweil Center counties, respectively” he said.
River blindness is a tropical disease contracted a bit by an insect which lives along the riverbanks.