WHO hands over new maternity ward in Bor, Jonglei
7 February 2013. Nine months after starting work in Bor state hospital, WHO has handed over a fully equiped
maternity ward to Jonglei State health authorities. The new ward, built with funds from the Canadian
International Developent Agency (CIDA) is a 40 bed health facility with modern equipment...More
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South Sudan Human Rights Day celebrations "The one thing South Sudanese must uphold is protection of human rights, which represents the liberation it sought",... More
10 December 2012 
Mine risk education for 10,000 pastoralists
On a foggy, overcast morning, trainers arrived at a cattle camp in Eastern Equatoria State armed with flipcharts, and plastic model,... More
15 november 2012
More than 60 women treated for fistula during country-wide campaign
The magnitude of fistula in South Sudan is not clearly known. But considering the prevalence of early marriages... More
6 december 2012
Global Fund grant to strengthen South Sudan's health system
A grant of US$27 million over three years will renovate ante natal clinics, maternity wards, laboratories, blood banks institutes... More
15 November 2012
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- A community of former pastoralists in southern Sudan has begun a new journey. After being forced to sell their livestock in recent droughts, they are now part of a cooperative embracing a new way of life in agriculture. And by working together, the group's yield will be higher.
Farmers in South Sudan begin again
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Children have their say ahead of independence
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