UK-South Sudan Alliance: a strategy for increasing capacity and access to primary care and public health

Abstract

No one doubts the need for increased healthcare capacity in South Sudan. This need is exemplified by the statistics for maternal and child health. These elucidate the serious challenge of healthcare in South Sudan, with estimates consistently placing the country towards the bottom of world rankings for maternal and child mortality. The scale and nature of this challenge requires resources to be directed both towards current health care provision, and towards developing capacity. This paper sets out an integrated strategy for developing the capacity, accessibility and delivery of primary care, and public health. It calls for international resources to fund a pilot and subsequent scale-up plan.