Cholera outbreak the latest crisis affecting those fleeing war into South Sudan

Bavita Nybvol with daughter Aluth in cholera clinic at Malek Miir Health Centre in South Sudan. Picture: Eugene Ikol/Concern Worldwide

Bavita Nybvol waves her hand in front of her face. It’s 37C inside the cholera clinic. There is no air.

Beside her on the pallet bed, her 10-year-old daughter Aluth dozes uneasily. Like dozens of others in the South Sudanese health compound, she is sick with stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting.