Healthcare Sector Capacity Building - College of Nursing and Midwifery, South Sudan

South Sudan’s maternal mortality remains the fifth highest in the world, at 2,500 deaths per 100,000 (WHO 2010 Country Report). High levels of maternal mortality are linked to poor access to quality reproductive health services, including family planning. Fewer than 20 certified midwives and even fewer registered nurses exist in all of South Sudan.

Real Medicine Foundation, in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan, the UNFPA, the WHO, St. Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and in partnership with and with financial support from World Children’s Fund, is establishing the first College of Nursing and Midwifery. The consortium aims to provide a scalable working model for this college that will offer a 3 year diploma for Registered Nursing and Midwifery and may be extended to other strategic locations within the country.

Initiative Updates

South Sudan: Three Classes of Students Now Progressing Through Nursing/Midwife Program

February 25, 2013

Project Background: South Sudan’s maternal mortality remains the highest in the world, at 2,054 deaths per 100,000 live births; 200,000 women die in childbirth every year according to the 2006 South Sudan Health Survey. High levels of maternal...

South Sudan: Nurse and Midwife Students in Ward Rotations

December 10, 2012

South Sudan: Training a new generation of Nurses and Midwives

August 27, 2012

Photo selection throughout from freelance photographer Eliza Deacon taken of our students (above) at the Juba College of Nursing & Midwifery and at the Juba Teaching Hospital. Project Background: South Sudan’s...

South Sudan: First Quarter 2012 Nursing & Midwifery College Update

May 24, 2012

Project Background South Sudan’s maternal mortality remains the highest in the world, at 2,054 deaths per 100,000 live births; 200,000 women die in childbirth every year according to the 2006 South Sudan Health Survey. High levels of maternal...

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