The Government of Japan provided 3.22 million US Dollars to the United Nations Population Funds or UNFPA to strengthen comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care in Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity States.
In a statement CRN got on Thursday, the funding would be for ensuring that women, girls and children receive appropriate referral services and protection from sexual and gender-based violence.
Japanese Ambassador to South Sudan Takeshi Akamatsu believes UNFPA would contribute to the welfare of women in the conflict-affected states by providing necessary medical equipments and training to health workers at the tertiary health facilities.
UNFPA Country Representative Barnabas Yisa said the funding would enable them to scale up response to serve women and girls of reproductive age in the affected states.
He said UNFPA plans to reach 3.4 million people with reproductive health and sexual and gender-based violence in 2015 and that they need 25 million Dollars to increase response and service to internally displaced people and host communities.
The tertiary health facilities in Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity States are acutely impacted by the conflict, crippling lifesaving work, leaving over 950 thousand women and girls of reproductive age vulnerable without access to basic and crucial services.