Qualla: Ayod County https://qualla.com/ayod-county en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Ayod County https://qualla.com/ayod-county Ayod County: Introduction https://qualla.com/ayod-county/ In December 1994, health workers in Ayod village examined 759 people and found Guinea worm lesions on 156 of them - just over twenty percent. The Guinea worm is a parasitic nematode that enters the body through contaminated drinking water and emerges, months later, as a metre-long thread burrowing painfully out through the skin. The disease is caused by drinking water. The disease can be eliminated by providing clean water. In 1994, the people of Ayod were not drinking clean water. More than thirty years later, the full picture of Ayod County is of a community in Jonglei State that has weathered parasites, cattle raids, political violence, and the long tail of South Sudan's civil wars - and remains, recognisably, Gawaar Nuer.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/9/q/q/ayod-county-wp/s9qq-ayod-county-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ayod County: Gawaar Nuer, Two Sections https://qualla.com/ayod-county/ Ayod County - formerly known as Yod locally - is inhabited by Gawaar Nuer, who divide themselves into two sections called Baar and Nyang. These are further composed of major clans: Chieng-Kapel, Bhaang, Jamuogh, Chieng-Thony, Chieng-Nyadakuon, Jithiep, Chieng-Pear, Chieng-Nyaigua...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/9/q/q/ayod-county-wp/s9qq-ayod-county-gawaar-nuer-two-sections.mp3 0:06 2 full Ayod County: Trachoma and Dry Wells https://qualla.com/ayod-county/ The Guinea worm study was not the only health alarm. Ayod County has documented some of the highest rates of trachoma ever recorded - a bacterial eye infection that, repeatedly reinfecting, scars the eyelid and eventually blinds. In February 2011, the county was reported to have ...

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