Over pouring rains are likely to raise the number of malaria cases, says Tonj South Civil Hospital nurse.
Dessalegn Orko says malaria infection especially among pregnant women causes blood deficiency, Radio Don Bosco reports.
Blood deficiency or anemia results into poor health and heavy loss of red blood cells.
The nurse calls for joint efforts to reduce death of women during delivery in South Sudan.
Nurse Orko says Tonj also has a growing number of syphilis infections because men marry many wives.
Malaria is caused by a single cell parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito.
In sub-Saharan Africa where South Sudan lies, majority of annual deaths estimated at 2.5 million people are attributed to malaria.