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South Sudan: How a new country can feed its peopleTable 1.5 – Child under nutrition, 2006 and 2010Table 1.6 – Under five mortality and morbidityMortality Morbidity(under five per 1000 births) Diarrhoea Pneumonia Fever/malaria2006 2010 % Change 2010 2010 2010South Sudan 135 105 -22.2 32.5Urban 122 33.8 18.4 30.5Rural 94 34.5 19.0 33.1Upper Nile 110 161 46.4 28.2Jonglei 108 69 -36.1 30.6Unity 82 69 -15.9 25.4Warrap 176 105 -40.3 26.6Nothern Bahr El Ghazal 165 170 3.0 29.7Western Bahr El Ghazal 134 116 -13.4 27.6Lakes 114 66 -42.1 33.2Western Equatoria 192 65 -66.1 36.0Central Equatoria 141 153 8.5 40.8Eastern Equatoria 118 198 67.8 45.2Source: SHHS, 2006 and 20108
The hunger indexThe hunger index pioneered by theInternational <strong>Food</strong> Policy ResearchInstitute combines the three aspects ofhunger mentioned above -undernourishment,underweight and mortality- into a single index(See Box 4.1). With an index of 29.3 SouthSudan is among the bottom five of the 122countries for which the hunger index wascalculated by IFPRI in 2010 4 . The hungersituation in most states (Figure 1.4) is -or isclose to- ‘extremely alarming’ with Unityscoring the worst (42.5). Even in the Equatoriastates, which fare relatively better, the hungersituation is still categorized as serious oralarming. 5Undernourishment is the main driving forcefor hunger in South Sudan. However inNorthern Bahr El Ghazal, Jonglei and Unityunderweight and mortality play a great role indefining hunger.Figure 1.4 – The Hunger Index by stateSouth Sudan: How a new country can feed its peopleBox 4.1 – Global Hunger IndexThe Global Hunger Index (GHI) is designed to comprehensivelymeasure and track hunger globally and by country and region. Itis calculated each year by the International <strong>Food</strong> Policy ResearchInstitute (IFPRI).To reflect the multidimensional nature of hunger, the GHIcombines three equally weighted indicators in one indexnumber:1. Undernourishment: the proportion of undernourished as apercentage of the population (reflecting the share of thepopulation with insufficient calorie intake);2. Child underweight: the proportion of children younger than theage of five who are underweight (low weight for age reflectingwasting, stunted growth, or both), which is one indicator ofchild undernutrition; and3. Child mortality: the mortality rate of children younger than theage of five (partially reflecting the fatal synergy of inadequatedietary intake and unhealthy environments).The GHI ranks countries on a 100-point scale. Zero is the bestscore (no hunger), and 100 is the worst, although neither ofthese extremes is reached in practice.Excerpt from www.ifpri.org (Global Hunger Index webpage)4The five countries include: South Sudan (29.3), (30.5),Chad (30.9), Eritrea (35.7), Burundi (38.3) and DR Congo(41).9
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