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HNN Team
Originally published on Devex. By Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Robert Clay. The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is contributing to severe health service delivery challenges: It impedes access to already highly vulnerable populations, slows delivery of medical supplies and drugs, and exacerbates shortages of health workers. Those fleeing the violence are also affected....
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By Kate Kerber, senior technical specialist, Save the Children; Elaine Scudder, senior manager of Newborn Health, Save the Children. Priority medicines are medicines with potential to save lives and should be available in all health systems. In South Sudan, shortages of these priority medicines are reaching critical levels. Coupled with fuel...
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By Elaine Scudder, senior manager of Newborn Health, Save the Children; Kate Kerber, senior technical specialist, Save the Children; Grace Njiru, International Medical Corps (IMC) midwife in South Sudan. As humanitarian crises worsen around the world, the role midwives play to save women and babies is increasingly important. A new...
Read MoreEarly on Christmas morning, as the sun edged into the sky and festive preparations began, Babunie, 27 years old and heavily pregnant, walked through the gates of Nimule hospital.
Read More“She had delivered very well and seemed to be recovering well too. After the delivery, I let her rest before transferring her to the ward. But then the watchman summoned me,” narrates Sr. Baru. “I found her in a pool of blood that kept growing.”
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