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"Before the floods, we used to cultivate and had cattle, but now all of the cows have died because of flooding and the land we used to cultivate is no longer there," said Tut Chuol, a sub-chief for Pahkor in Fangak County whose entire village was displaced by the floods. "Now there is no food—we just eat waterlilies. If no solution is found, we are going to die."
Large swathes of stagnant water have also become the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. This has led to high rates of malaria—and young children are particularly vulnerable. As Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'s head of mission in South Sudan, I know that Tut Chuol’s village is among the many communities affected by unprecedented flooding, and our team is working tirelessly to support them.
The escalating effects of climate change have caused intense flooding since 2019, leaving about two-thirds of South Sudan underwater and hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Many people have been forced to relocate to displacement camps where a lack of shelter and safe drinking water have led to more disease outbreaks.
Make no mistake: The climate crisis is a health crisis, and MSF teams are seeing the impact on our patients in countless communities around the world.
In response to this emergency, my colleagues and I are running outreach services and mobile clinics in areas that have been cut off from vital medical services in remote areas. Last summer, we treated more than 81,000 people with malaria. On top of that, we’ve witnessed an alarming increase in rates of malnutrition among children.
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