Health - A DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP: USAID AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN HEALTH AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN

Health PEPFAR Health A DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP: USAID AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN The partnership between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the people of South Sudan goes back decades. [...] HEALTH AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan’s Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) funds approximately 2 percent of the country’s health care needs, shifting critical training, medicine, and service responsibilities on to donors. [...] With limited access to health facilities and poor access to family planning services, mothers often struggle to provide adequate health care for their children and take care of their own health. [...] The program keeps more than 500 health facilities operational and supports nearly 4,000 health workers in seven of ten states through a blend of community primary health care outreach, health center service delivery, training, provision of supplies and medicines, and technical assistance in quality improvement and monitoring. [...] USAID works from the national level to the payam and boma levels to increase access to basic water and sanitation services.