UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Published purpose

The project aims to reduce the number of mothers and newborns who die in South Sudan. It includes planning, conducting, and reporting on two national surveys: a survey of the causes of death among women of childbearing age and an assessment of the need for emergency obstetric and newborn care. The project also helps to improve the ability of the national Ministry of Health and the National Bureau of Statistics to plan and manage surveys and needs assessments and to analyze and apply the data collected. With reliable and accurate information about deaths linked to pregnancy and childbirth and the need for emergency obstetric and newborn care, the government and donors can better target their efforts to save the lives of women and newborns. The information collected through this project helps the national and state-level Ministries of Health develop five-year plans for making emergency obstetric and newborn care more available. This project is part of Canada's maternal, newborn, and child health commitment.