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.

Data overview Ver más

Población

Population aged 0-14
Population aged 15-64
Population aged 65+

Salud materna y neonatal

Partos atendidos por personal de salud cualificado

Salud sexual y reproductiva

Tasa de prevalencia del uso de anticonceptivos, cualquier método
Demanda no satisfecha

Educación

Fecundidad

Total fertility rate, per woman, 2021

Esperanza de vida

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2021

Prácticas nocivas

Child marriage by age 18, per cent, 2005-2019

Child marriage by age 18

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Demographic Dividend: South Sudan Ver más

Population Pyramid

Number of women/men in a given age group

Population in thousands

Esperanza de vida

Men Women

Total fertility rate

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Year: 2018

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Key results of South Sudan in 2018 Ver más

National plan for sexual and reproductive health

A costed, integrated national plan was developed for sexual and reproductive health, which prioritizes access for key groups

Emergency obstetric and newborn care

Emergency obstetric and newborn care coverage was met, as per the international recommended minimum standards

Social norms change programmes

The UNFPA manual on social norms and change was utilized

National plans against harmful practices

A costed national action plan to address harmful practices was developed

Fistula treatment

331 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA

Minimum Initial Services Package

1954 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

412000 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

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

Child, early and forced marriage

9078 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage

Community declarations on harmful practices

34 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

107062 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package