South Sudan | Programme areas | Health promotion and protection

Health promotion and protection

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The programme focuses on improving access to primary health care and on environmental health, particularly the provision of clean drinking-water, vector control, solid waste removal, excreta disposal and promotion of a healthy environment in internally-displaced persons/refugee camps.

This area of work also includes nutrition, reproductive health, gender-based violence and mental health advocacy.

Key health-related statistics

Total population (000s) 8260
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) 2054.0
Total life expectancy at birth (years) 42.0

Source: Country statistical profiles (2013)

South Sudan country profile