Report on the Advocacy Mission to assess the situation of children in South Sudan Health and sanitation 29. The conflict has completely disrupted the basic health services available to children in the conflict affected areas. There are various health hazards that include cholera outbreaks and malaria among others. Particularly, the delegation observed that the situation in the IDPs and in the POCs is far from adequate, with concomitant risks to children health and wellbeing. The rainy season also brings untold hardship to this situation. The need for peace and the resumption of normalcy so that families can return to their homes could not have been more evident. There have been 5 times more attacks on hospitals in the last 3 months than the whole of 2013. This too imperils children’s access to medical services. 30. In deed efforts have been made in protecting children from vaccinepreventable diseases, such as polio. For instance, in the Tomping camp efforts have been made to minimize the risk of disease outbreaks as 22,700 children less than 15 years have been reached with polio vaccination. However, the conflict has adversely affected regular immunization program in conflict affected places. The impact is more severe in POC Sites like Tomping where 209 children with severe acute malnutrition were admitted for treatment while 1,750 children are receiving psychosocial support through child friendly 19