Against the Odds. Maternal and Reproductive Health in South Sudan from achuei Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 3 sec
✓ Published: 03-Feb-2016

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South Sudan is the world’s youngest nation. After gaining independence in 2011, it made some progress toward social and economic development and managed to slightly reduce maternal mortality rates. However, when violence broke out in the capital Juba at the end of 2013 it spread rapidly across the country and marked the beginning of a prolonged crisis that resulted in 1.5 million internally displaced people and half a million refugees to neighbouring countries.nThe crisis impacted the ability