Army and police forces in Eastern Equatoria State started a three-day training on birth spacing in Torit.
Richard Ruate is the marketing and communication manager for behaviour change with Marie Stopes-South Sudan. He told Radio Emmanuel that the training aimed at improving the skills and the behaviour of the participants towards birth spacing.He said women should take two to three years between pregnancies for the children to grow healthy.
Mr Ruate said South Sudan would be healthier if all the parents accepted the idea of spacing child bearing.
He added that child spacing gives time for mothers to take proper care of their babies and be able to cater for domestic needs.
The official called for the sensitization of community leaders to enable them to discover the benefits of child birth spacing.
Mr Ruate urged couples to always stay together and agree on the birth spacing processes.
He said mother and child mortality rate could reduce in South Sudan through a successful birth planning process.
The 60 participants for the training were drawn from the army, Police Service and reproductive health promoters in Eastern Equatoria.