A cholera outbreak has struck a South Sudanese refugee camp.
Displaced residents in Unity state live in congested regions with extremely contaminated water supplies.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The health ministry of South Sudan has declared a cholera outbreak in Rubkona county, which is located in the northern oil-producing Unity state.
It claimed 31 cases had been reported from Rubkona town and Bentiu camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), including one fatality.
Positive tests were found in samples taken to the national public health laboratory in Juba, the capital.
"Following a steady rise in acute watery diarrhea cases reported in both the Bentiu and Rubkona IDP camps and the host community," the statement added, "the ministry of health and partners are conducting further case searches in the households and their neighborhoods to identify additional cholera cases."
Displaced residents in Unity state live in congested regions with extremely contaminated water supplies.
The danger of cholera in South Sudan is highest during the rainy season, which runs from May to October.
According to the health ministry, the latest outbreak is the first since 2017, when the waterborne disease sickened over 28,000 individuals and killed 644 people.
