This report explores the dynamics of South Sudanese NGO and local government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in South Sudan. It considers how these actors – as significant public authorities – responded to the pandemic, and how these responses shaped and were shaped by wider social and political dynamics. A significant theme throughout our findings relates to the trust and mistrust felt in relation to the Covid-19 response, and how the global pandemic took precedence over many other pressing crises facing South Sudanese people. The findings call for more holistic, integrated, and localised responses to disease outbreaks.
