Health Pooled Fund Phase 3 South Sudan

For decades, South Sudan’s health situation has been affected by conflict that has devastated livelihoods and displaced populations. The country’s infant and underfive mortality rates are high — 129 and 99 per 1,000 live births, respectively — and its
maternal mortality rate is the highest in the world at 1,150 per 100,000 live births. High poverty rates, severe food insecurity, limited access to health services, high morbidity, and inadequate diets and water, sanitation and hygiene practices have exacerbated the high levels of malnutrition in children under five. Global acute malnutrition stood at 16.2 percent in 2019. Access to essential health services is limited; only 23 percent of primary healthcare centres offer a basic package of child health services and 60 percent provide antenatal care services five days per week. In addition, uptake of these services is low because of financial and cultural barriers. Geographical distance also hinders service uptake: just 44 percent of South Sudan’s population lives within five kilometres of a health facility.
HPF health system strenghtning project was implemented in Aweil South and Center and In this project malaria diagnosis and treatment services were provided in primary health care and secondary health care facilities for children under five, adults, and provided IPTp for prevention of maalria in pregnancy as prophylaxis. Awarness about malaria was integral part of the community activities. Project also provided esential supplies, medicine, equipments and diagnostics need for malaria services. Project was also provided services on malaria surveilance, and reporing. Project also supported community volunteers for management malaria, diarrhoea, and pnumonia in chidlren under five.

Malaria Consortium-Project detailsMalaria Consortium-Project brief

Diagnostics
Health Systems
Humanitarian Emergencies

Mar 2019 — Jun 2024

$1.62M

South Sudan