World Health Organization or WHO medical officer for Making Pregnancy Safer on Thursday urged mothers and families to space childbirth by at least three years.
Suzie Paul told CRN that it was extremely important to plan families to reduce the maternal death rate in South Sudan.
She observed that alarming maternal deaths could be reduced easily if young and old mothers listened to the call for child spacing.
The official added that the three-year birth spacing allowed mothers to recover iron and calcium minerals used up in the body during pregnancy.
Dr Suzie explained that child spacing was very useful for child healthy growth as it allowed mothers to have enough time for attending to babies.
She added that childbirth spacing was good for baby’s feeding and growth.
Dr Suzie warned that frequent childbirth exposed babies to diseases and mothers to vulnerabilities.
She said family planning remained a huge challenge in South Sudan, pointing out that women did not seem to listen and implement birth control methods.