Child health care has improved by 30 percent in South Sudan well within the Millennium Development Goals for 2015.
The claim comes from the Director-General of Planning and Coordination in the national Ministry of Health, Lul Pout Riek, while presenting the new mother-child health assessment that starts next week.Mr Pout said the assessment will help to meet the Millennium Development Goals four and five to reduce child mortality maternal deaths by two thirds in 2015.
Caroline Delany, who heads the Canadian International Development Agency, expressed the readiness to help mothers get better services in health facilities through the formation of birth attendants.
Ms Delany said the assessment will reveal what services are offered and those lacking in health institutions across the country on mother-child healthcare.
280 data collectors are undergoing a five-day training in Juba, Wau and Malakal to start the assessment that should end in March.