Elizabeth Acuei Yol

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Elizabeth Acuei Yol is a South Sudanese politician, appointed as minister of health by President Salva Kiir Mayardit in 2020. [1]

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Career

In 2020, Acuei met with a Chinese medical expert team in South Sudan and received from them newly arrived medical donations for South Sudan during a critical moment in the global fight against the COVID-19 virus. [2] In the same year, through the African Regional Certification Commission for Poliomyelitis Eradication (ARCC), she declared South Sudan free of the polio virus. [3]

Olushayo Olu, the World Health Organization representative in south Sudan paid a courtesy call on Acuei on 27 April 2020 [4]

In March 2022, she was removed from office by Mayardit, [5] [6] and replaced as health minister with Awel Deng, a lawmaker representing SPLA-IO in the peace parliament. [7]

Controversies

As health minister, Acuei suspended undersecretary Victoria Anib and replaced her with Samson Paul Baba without publicizing the investigation or reason. [8]

After three months, Acuei revoked the suspension after Mayardit and First Vice President Riek Machar requested that the minister reconcile with Anib. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "China and South Sudan join hands to fight the pandemic". ss.china-embassy.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  3. ↑ "South Sudan eradicates wild poliovirus". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  4. ↑ "WHO Representative, Dr Olushayo Olu, paid a courtesy call on Honorable Minister of Health, South Sudan". OMS | Bureau régional pour l'Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  5. ↑ AfricaNews (2022-03-24). "South Sudan leader sacks Health Minister". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  6. ↑ "South Sudan leader sacks health minister". Pachodo.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  7. ↑ Oyet·, Patrick. "President Kiir fires health minister". Juba Echo. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  8. ↑ "Elizabeth Achuei apologizes for suspending undersecretary". Eye Radio. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  9. ↑ "S. Sudan's Health minister revokes suspension of undersecretary". sudan tribune.
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