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Ensuring financial access to quality care

Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is a major focus area in South Sudan’s national health policy; the Reproductive Health Strategic Plan (2013-2016) has identified the improvement of access to and utilization of health facilities by all individuals as a key strategy for achieving the nation’s reproductive and public health goals. The strategy focuses on increasing access to and utilization of antenatal care, postnatal care and facility/skilled deliveries .

Related work

  • South Sudan Health Action and Research Project (SHARP)

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    • Project

    KIT assisted the implementation of the three-year South Sudan Health Action and Research Project (SHARP). Working closely with South Sudan’s Ministry of Health, the project aimed to improve the accessibility of reproductive health (RH) care in post-conflict South Sudan. Rebuilding and Envisioning  South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality rate in the world at 2,054 women […]

  • Gender relations and women’s reproductive health in South Sudan

    • Institute
    • Publication

    In South Sudan, women disproportionately bear the burden of morbidity and mortality related to sexual and reproductive health, with a maternal mortality ratio of 789 deaths per 100,000 live births. A qualitative study was conducted to analyze how gendered social relations among the Fertit people affect women’s ability to exercise control over their reproductive lives […]

  • Too afraid to go: Social fears as reasons for non-use of maternal health services in South Sudan

    • Institute
    • Publication

    South Sudan has one of the worst health and maternal health situations in the world. Across South Sudan, while maternal health services at the primary care level are not well developed, even where they exist, many women do not use them. Developing location specific understanding of what hinders women from using services is key to […]