The Ethiopian Minister of Health arrived in Juba Thursday to further strengthen agreements reached by his ministry and the South Sudan Minister of Health in Addis Ababa three weeks ago.
During his stay Dr. Tewodros Adhanom held several meetings with health officials in Juba, highlighting the need for improved and qualified human resources.
With one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world, South Sudan’s health system is still struggling due to lack of qualified health workers, equipment and sufficient funding.
The Minister of Health in South Sudan, Michael Milly Hussein, said challenges in the health system are still huge and that health institutions are too congested. He added that the government plans to build more health centres to de-congest the major hospitals.
Both ministers were speaking at Juba Teaching Hospital on December 16 2011, the Ethiopian delegation toured to find out areas where their government could be of assistance.
The Catholic Radio Network (CRN) is a media project constituted by community-based radio stations broadcasting in Frequency Modulation from Juba, Yei, Torit, Yambio, Rumbek, Tonj, Wau, and Malakal. CRN has also a station in the Nuba Mountains. All the stations share the same vision and mission, and are bound by common editorial and administrative policies. All stations broadcast shared programs in English: news, civic education, and other educational programs. Due to the heterogeneous realities of South Sudan, each station is rooted in its locality and broadcasts locally produced culture-sensitive programs in the languages which are understood by the local people. For its outreach, CRN has a potential audience of about seven million people, considering the influx of returnees to South Sudan after the Sudan Population Census 2008.
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