Awoda is a town in
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Northern Bahr el Ghazal (Arabic: ولاية شمال بحر الغزال) is a States of South Sudan, state in South Sudan. It has an area of 30,543 km2 and is part of the Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan), Bahr el Ghazal region. It b ...
, South Sudan.
Location
Awoda is located on the road leading south from
Aroyo to the B41.
The B41 runs between
Wau
Wau may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
Papua New Guinea
* Wau, Papua New Guinea
* Wau Airport (Papua New Guinea)
* Wau Rural LLG, (local level government)
South Sudan
* Wau State, South Sudan
* Wau, South Sudan, city
* Wau railway s ...
and
Deim Zubeir
Deim Zubeir, from the Arabic ديم الزبير Daim az-Zubayr" commonly translated as the "Camp of Zubeir", is the historically established but highly controversial name of Uyujuku town in the Western Bahr el Ghazal of the Republic of South ...
.
There is a small airstrip to the southeast of the village.
The Awoda Primary Health Care Centre is to the northwest of the village center.
Health problems
A 2001 report from the
(OCHA) noted that the villagers were suffering from waterborne diseases such as
Guinea worm
''Dracunculus medinensis'' (Guinea worm, dragon worm, fiery serpent) is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease. The disease is caused by the female which, at around in length, is among the longest nematodes ...
,
river blindness
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm ''Onchocerca volvulus''. Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. It is the second-most common cause of blindne ...
and
cholera
Cholera () is an infection of the small intestine by some Strain (biology), strains of the Bacteria, bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea last ...
, which could be reduced if the people were given the infrastructure and taught how to build good riverbed wells, and were given water and sanitation education.
Other problems included sexually transmitted diseases, leprosy and measles.
Ten thousand internally displaced people were living with their kin in Awoda, far more than the residents could support.
They needed food, blankets, mosquito nets, shelter, cooking pots and water containers.
Recent events
On 10 July 2014 a group of soldiers who had deserted laid siege to the compound of the African Kongdai construction company between Aroyo and Awoda.
They looted food and medicine from the clinics.
The affected communities took refuge near government buildings.
The soldiers looted food and other household items from the compound and from villages around Aroyo and Awoda, loading what they had taken into a stolen vehicle.
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Populated places in Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Aweil Centre County