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Dead on arrival: South Sudan's devastated health system
More than 80% of health services in South Sudan rely on foreign NGOs amid worsening maternal mortality of 1,223 per 100,000 births and collapsing government funding.
- South Sudan's health system has collapsed, with NGOs providing over 80 percent of care, and the ICRC plans to draw down in one facility, drawing on its surgical unit in Juba.
- Despite more than $25 billion in oil revenues since 2011 and $1.4 billion in foreign aid in 2024, only one percent of this year's budget was allocated to health and life expectancy remains 58.
- The UN reports that maternal mortality is 1,223 per 100,000 births and one in 10 children do not reach their fifth birthday, underscoring worsening health outcomes in South Sudan.
- Health workers warn 'If we don't pay them then no one stays here', as government pay of 10 has not arrived for months, and the ICRC treated wounded patients at Juba Military Hospital.
- Donors are warning and pulling back; the US warned it may cut funding, and clinicians fear amputees will be stigmatized, with one physiotherapist saying 'There is a belief that are not a human being anymore.
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South Sudan’s fragile healthcare system reflects years of corruption and conflict, forcing even senior officials to seek treatment abroad for routine medical emergencies. Governor Riek Gai Kok of Jonglei state recently travelled to Nairobi for high blood pressure treatment, highlighting the collapse of domestic medical services amid renewed violence. Humanitarian workers say the journey symbolises a system hollowed out by corruption, where elite…
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right5Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Center, 36% Right
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources are Center, 36% of the sources lean Right
36% Right
L 28%
C 36%
R 36%
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