Where we help

South Sudan


  • (updated 01.06.2012)

    Sustainability is the key: strengthening the local halth care ...

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  • A staff member of Malteser International gives medicines to a woman.
    (updated 10.04.2012)

    Leprosy control programme

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  • At the lab school in Rumbek, the students learn how to identify viruses and bacteria.
    (updated 01.12.2011)

    Capacity Building and Laboratory School in Rumbek

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  • In addition to the classes, the students also receive room and board during the two-year programme.
    (updated 05.08.2011)

    Tuberculosis and HIV control programme

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Facts & Figures South Sudan

 

General information:
Capital: Juba
Area Size: 644,329 km²
Population: 8.26 Mio.

Standard of living:
Average life expectancy: 42 years 
Infant mortality: 102 per 1,000 live births
Child mortality (children under 5): 135 per 1,000 live births
Maternal mortality: 2,054 per 100,000 live births
Percentage of people living on less than 1 US$ per day: approx. 90%

Health:
Number of physicians: 189
HIV prevalence: 3%
TB incidence: 228 per 100,000

(Source: various)

Malteser International has been working in South Sudan since 1996.

The database on this website presents an exemplary range of the projects realised in South Sudan.