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Key facts• Only 17.5 per cent of children are fully immunized i with ihthe basic set of vaccinationsi• [SHHS, 2006]• In some States, the prevalence of underweight and stunted children is as high as 40 per cent[SHHS, 2006].
Health MOH targets• Health: Maternal and under-five mortality, particularly l in rural areas, will decline by as muchas 20 percent within the first three years of statehood. Baseline: Maternal mortality rate in 2006was 2,054 deaths for every 100,000 live births. Under-five mortality in 2009 was 135 per 1,000live births.• The Government of the Republic of South Sudan will work to equitably increase utilisation ofquality basic health and HIV/AIDS services throughout South Sudan.• The sector objective is grounded in the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, which directs alllevels of government to promote public health, establish basic health facilities and provide freeprimary healthcare for all citizens. The Child Act of 2008 further establishes the right of everychild to free basic health care and to immunisation.• As a major priority, the health sector has set a target of reducing maternal and underfive mortality,particularly in rural areas, by as much as 20 percent within the first three years of statehood. Thispriority will build on South Sudan’s success to date in cutting the transmission of deadly diseasesand expanding vaccination coverage.• The health sector plays a central role in improving the productivity of the national labour force.Safeguarding the health status of the population is recognised as a pre-requisite for all socialand human development.“ There are only two things here: life and death, without life nothing can be done that is whyyou should access our outreach health services”Dwamoi, PHCC Supervisor AVSI Isohe.
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