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