Food and Agriculture Organization & South Sudan

Food and Agriculture Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization co-authored the Hunger Hotspots Report, highlighting the severe food insecurity and calling for scaled-up agricultural support.

South Sudan: South Sudan is listed among the highest-risk hotspots, with famine threats looming in Jonglei and Upper Nile states.

Food and Agriculture Organization: FAO is involved in monitoring hunger hotspots and supporting agricultural resilience, but its efforts are constrained by funding reductions.

South Sudan: South Sudan is also a hunger hotspot, but its connection to this event is limited to being mentioned alongside Somalia.

Food and Agriculture Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization>>> has studied the Ebola risk associated with the consumption and handling of wild meat, highlighting that while animal-to-human spillovers are rare, their consequences are disastrous.

South Sudan: South Sudan is one of the countries whose nationals face travel bans from the US due to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.