UNFPA South Sudan

South Sudan gained independence in 2011. With less than half the population able to access health facilities and a shortage of skilled birth attendants, the maternal death rate is high. Active since 2006, UNFPA began full-fledged operations in 2012. Current programmes help build the health system and develop capacities for providing reproductive health care, including through training midwives. Other measures seek to prevent gender-based violence, and develop systems to produce and use demographic data for development.

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Key results of South Sudan in 2018

Select strategic plan results achieved in 2018, with the support of UNFPA

Sexual and reproductive health in emergency preparedness plans

Sexual and reproductive health was integrated into emergency preparedness plans

Youth participation in humanitarian response

During a humanitarian crisis, young people were included in decision-making mechanisms in all phases of humanitarian response

Men and boys

A national mechanism was in place to engage men and boys in national policies and programmes

Rights of marginalized groups

Intervention models or strategies to empower marginalized and excluded groups to exercise their reproductive rights were rolled out

Census disaggregation

Census results disaggregated by age and sex were available and publically accessible online

Rapid assessments in crises

During a humanitarian crisis, rapid assessments of affected populations were conducted

Demographic dynamics

Demographic dynamics were integrated into their national development plans

Fistula treatment

117 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA

Minimum Initial Services Package

334 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

136000 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

12 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Child, early and forced marriage

4535 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage

Community declarations on harmful practices

12 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Essential services for gender-based violence survivors

52531 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package

Sexual and reproductive health in emergency preparedness plans

Sexual and reproductive health was integrated into emergency preparedness plans

Youth participation in humanitarian response

During a humanitarian crisis, young people were included in decision-making mechanisms in all phases of humanitarian response

Men and boys

A national mechanism was in place to engage men and boys in national policies and programmes

Rights of marginalized groups

Intervention models or strategies to empower marginalized and excluded groups to exercise their reproductive rights were rolled out

Census disaggregation

Census results disaggregated by age and sex were available and publically accessible online

Rapid assessments in crises

During a humanitarian crisis, rapid assessments of affected populations were conducted

Demographic dynamics

Demographic dynamics were integrated into their national development plans

Fistula treatment

117 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA

Minimum Initial Services Package

334 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

136000 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

12 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Child, early and forced marriage

4535 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage

Community declarations on harmful practices

12 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Essential services for gender-based violence survivors

52531 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package

Emergencies Key results

  • People Reached
    People reached with Dignity Kits
    17,500
    Total people reached with Adolescent SRH
    68,056
    UNFPA-assisted safe deliveries
    81,320
    Affected population who directly benefited from all types of emergency RH kits
    981,752
    Women and girls accessing services provided through Service Delivery Points (SDPs) that are equipped with Post-Rape Kits
    96,697
    GBV survivors reached
    26,212
    Affected population reached with Family Planning services
    37,000
  • Services delivered
    Number of mobile clinics
    12
    Functional health facilities supported by UNFPA that provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC)
    17
    Number of safe spaces
    8
    Number of service delivery points supported that provide clinical management of rape
    99
    Maternity health facilities/tents/homes operationalized with UNFPA support
    6
    Dignity Kits distributed
    17,500
  • Capacity building
    Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health
    1,162
    Personnel trained on Minimum Initial Package (MISP)
    737
    Personnel trained on psycho-social support
    140

Programme Activities

All Resources
  • All resources
  • Core
  • Non - core
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Evidence-based policymaking
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Evidence-based policymaking
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Evidence-based policymaking
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Analysis on population dynamics
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Analysis on population dynamics

South Sudan 2018 Programme Activities data

Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Increased availability and use of integrated sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning, maternal health and HIV) that are gender-responsive and meet human rights standards for quality of care and equity in access
Total Spending:
$20,925,087
Implemented by:
UNFPA $11,402,345 (54%)
NGO $8,578,297 (41%)
GOV $944,444 (5%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (14%)
Non-core Resources (86%)
Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Increased national capacity to deliver integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Total Spending:
$12736758
Implemented by:
UNFPA $7458492 (59%)
NGO $4533177 (36%)
GOV $745089 (6%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (20%)
Non-core Resources (80%)
Health workforce capacity
Increased national capacity to deliver health workforce capacity
Total Spending:
$7018752
Implemented by:
UNFPA $2813359 (40%)
NGO $4045120 (58%)
GOV $160273 (2%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (0%)
Non-core Resources (100%)
Sexual and reproductive health Policies
Increased national capacity to deliver integrated sexual and reproductive health policies
Total Spending:
$806364
Implemented by:
UNFPA $806364 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (61%)
Non-core Resources (39%)
Accountability for sexual and reproductive health
Increased national capacity to deliver consistent with budget results and accountability for sexual and reproductive health
Total Spending:
$10956
Implemented by:
UNFPA $140 (1%)
GOV $10816 (99%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
Supply chain management
Increased national capacity to deliver supply chain management
Total Spending:
$352256
Implemented by:
UNFPA $323990 (92%)
GOV $28266 (8%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
Adolescents and youth
Increased priority on adolescents, especially on very young adolescent girls, in national development policies and programmes, particularly increased availability of comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health
Total Spending:
$319,342
Implemented by:
UNFPA $130,783 (41%)
NGO $161,968 (51%)
GOV $26,590 (8%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (92%)
Non-core Resources (8%)
Sexuality education
Increased national capacity to design and implement community and school based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes that promote human rights and gender equality
Total Spending:
$57847
Implemented by:
UNFPA $57847 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (96%)
Non-core Resources (4%)
Adolescents and youth
Increased national capacity to conduct evidence-based advocacy for incorporating adolescents and youth and their human rights/needs in national laws, policies, programmes, including in humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$198533
Implemented by:
UNFPA $18737 (9%)
NGO $161968 (82%)
GOV $17828 (9%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (93%)
Non-core Resources (7%)
Marginalized Girls
Increased capacity of partners to design and implement comprehensive programmes to reach marginalized adolescent girls including those at risk of child marriage
Total Spending:
$62962
Implemented by:
UNFPA $54199 (86%)
GOV $8763 (14%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (86%)
Non-core Resources (14%)
Gender equality
Advanced gender equality, women’s and girls’ empowerment, and reproductive rights, including for the most vulnerable and marginalized women, adolescents and youth
Total Spending:
$467,029
Implemented by:
UNFPA $33,728 (7%)
NGO $433,301 (93%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (92%)
Non-core Resources (8%)
Ending harmful practices
Increased capacity to prevent gender-based violence and harmful practices and enable the delivery of multisectoral services, including in humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$64
Implemented by:
UNFPA $64 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (851%)
Non-core Resources (-751%)
Protection rights
Strengthened international and national protection systems for advancing reproductive rights, promoting gender equality and non-discrimination and addressing gender-based violence
Total Spending:
$461670
Implemented by:
UNFPA $33217 (7%)
NGO $428453 (93%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (93%)
Non-core Resources (7%)
Civil society and rights for all
Strengthened engagement of civil society organizations to promote reproductive rights and women's empowerment, and address discrimination, including of marginalized and vulnerable groups, people living with HIV and key populations
Total Spending:
$5355
Implemented by:
UNFPA $507 (9%)
NGO $4848 (91%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
Accountability for gender equality
Strengthened international and national protection systems for advancing reproductive rights, promoting gender equality and non-discrimination and addressing gender-based violence
Total Spending:
$-60
Implemented by:
UNFPA $-60 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Organizational effectiveness
Organizational effectiveness and efficiency
Total Spending:
$25,514
Implemented by:
UNFPA $25,514 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Resources management
Improved mobilization, management and alignment of resources through an increased focus on value for money and systematic risk management
Total Spending:
$2245
Implemented by:
UNFPA $2245 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Programme effectiveness
Enhanced programme effectiveness by improving quality assurance, monitoring, and evaluation
Total Spending:
$23269
Implemented by:
UNFPA $23269 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Analysis on population dynamics
development, sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, HIV and gender equality
Total Spending:
$85,520
Implemented by:
UNFPA $48,190 (56%)
GOV $37,330 (44%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
National population data system
Strengthened national capacity for production and dissemination of quality disaggregated data on population and development issues that allows for mapping of demographic
Total Spending:
$85520
Implemented by:
UNFPA $48190 (56%)
GOV $37330 (44%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)

Programme Documentation

UNFPA South Sudan Country Programme Document

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Audit of the UNFPA Country Office in South Sudan

Issue date: 8 December 2016

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Technical notes and sources
  • The results featured here are only a selection of key results in line with strategic plan 2014-17 indicators. The selection does not reflect the full picture of all results achieved during the strategic plan cycle by UNFPA programme countries.
  • The source of data for most country level indicators is the UNFPA country annual reports for 2014-2017, unless stated otherwise
  • Results featured are cumulative - i.e., achieved between the 2014 and 2017 timeframe, and reflect the net situation, true as of the year selected
  • Majority of the results are captured from 127 UNFPA programme countries
  • Indicators that are marked ‘not achieved’ could imply any of the following conditions:
    • The country may have achieved the result without the support of UNFPA
    • The country has not targeted the given indicator during the 2014-2017 period
    • UNFPA is supporting this area of work, but the result has not yet been achieved

Notes for key results

  • Maternal deaths averted: Results reflected for 46 UNFPA Supplies programme countries
  • Unintended pregnancies averted: Results reflected for 46 UNFPA Supplies programme countries
  • Unsafe abortions averted: Results reflected for 46 UNFPA Supplies programme countries
  • Number of countries that developed midwifery workforce policies based on international standards: Baseline data not available
  • Number of fistula repair surgeries supported: Baseline data not available
  • Number of countries that implemented at least 8 out of the UNFPA 10-step strategic-approach to comprehensive condom programming: Results achieved in 2014-2016 only
  • Number of countries that have capacity to implement the Minimum Initial Service Package at the onset of a crisis: UNFPA reflected non-cumulative figures for this indicator; the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) is a series of crucial actions required to respond to reproductive health needs at the onset of every humanitarian crisis. View here for more information on MISP
  • Percentage of countries affected by humanitarian crises that have functioning inter-agency gender-based violence coordination body as a result of UNFPA guidance and leadership: Baseline data not available
  • Number of countries that established comprehensive plan to report on UNFPA-supported Sustainable Development Goal indicators: Results achieved in 2017 only; baseline data not available
  • Number of countries that established online national population data platforms that are publicly accessible by users: : Results achieved in 2017 only; baseline data not available
  • Number of countries in which the capacity of national statistical authorities was developed to analyse and use disaggregated data on adolescent and youth: Baseline data not available; UNFPA reflected non-cumulative figures for this indicator
  • Number of countries that generated and used sub-national estimates of population, health and social data: Baseline data not available

The designations employed and the presentation of material on the map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNFPA concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.