South Sudanese children die as US aid cuts shutter medical services: NGO | Politics News

US aid cuts force South Sudanese clinics to close, as children die while on a desperate trek for medical care.

Eight people, including five children, have died after walking for three hours in blistering heat to seek treatment for cholera in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state, as United States aid cuts forced local health facilities to close.

The United Kingdom-based global charity Save the Children revealed last month’s deaths on Wednesday, saying they were among the first directly…