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04 September 2017
Press Release
Health Ministry lauds Japan and UNFPA for life-saving services
Ministry of Health opens a health facility that will have a vital link to addressing the need for blood in some childbirth complications and thereby help prevent maternal deaths.
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08 August 2017
A mother at 18, girl steers course of own life to pursue dream
“If I follow cultural norms, I am not supposed to practice family planning. But I decide for myself and my husband supports me."
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27 April 2017
Press Release
Giving birth in the shadow of starvation: South Sudan famine especially tough for women
In addition to the 100,000 people who already face famine in South Sudan, 1 million more people are on the brink of extreme hunger, including some 33,000 pregnant women. Up to 253…
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09 November 2016
In South Sudan, a deadly mix for mothers
Insecurity, poverty and poor health care continue to be a deadly mix in South Sudan.
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20 October 2016
News
Ten-year-old girls are the face of our future
Ten-year-old Temawelase is a sixth-grader in a rural community in the Hhohho region of Swaziland. Almost 4000 kilometres away, her age-mate Daline has just finished primary school…
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17 June 2016
Male midwife champions safe motherhood for South Sudan refugees
ADJUMANI, Uganda – Twenty-five-year-old Chris Kwikiriza has beat the odds. A midwife in the Boroli refugee settlement, in Uganda’s Adjumani District, he is helping pregnant women…
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17 March 2016
Recognizing an unsung hero – the ambulance driver
ADJUMANI, Uganda – Laura Jurua, a 26-year-old South Sudanese refugee, went into labour in the middle of the night in her temporary shelter in the Boroli refugee settlement, in…
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16 March 2016
News
Young South Sudanese actors and athletes take on violence, HIV
Adjumani, Uganda – Weeks after violence erupted in in South Sudan, Mike Marchar fled for his life. He found safe haven in the Ayilo Refugee Settlement in northern Uganda,…
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16 March 2016
Kenyan support centre offers care, hope to refugees from South Sudan
KAKUMA, Kenya – Every once in a while, Joyce Dabor is jolted from sleep by memories of the day she was separated from her children. It was the day they finally escaped the…
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