The security situation within the country has been very volatile and unpredictable the past weeks. The spread of conflict caused massive displacement of population and disrupted humanitarian aid deliveries as aid organisations were forced to withdraw from war zones.

Twenty-five-year-old Chris Kwikiriza has beat the odds. A midwife in the Boroli refugee settlement, in Uganda’s Adjumani District, he is helping pregnant women overcome their fears of giving birth in a health facility – under the care of a man.

Recent eruption in renewed fighting in Unity and Upper Nile states has continued to displace hundreds of thousands, majority of them women, girls and children seeking shelter at UNMISS POC camps. More than 650,000 people are affected by the upsurge of the conflict. The situation...