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Vol 18. No 2. May 2025
EDITORIAL
Midwives: Critical in Every Crisis
Edward Kenyi
Established in 1992 by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the world celebrates the International Day of the Midwife (IDM) on 5 May yearly to celebrate and raise awareness about the midwifery profession. This year’s theme is “Midwives: Critical in Every Crisis.”
In many countries, midwives are the first contact a pregnant woman makes for antenatal care. Midwives are critical in identifying, preventing, and/or managing and referring complications or problems as they arise, as well as delivering the baby and providing postnatal care for the mother and newborn. Early identification of complications ensures early intervention by skilled medical providers to prevent maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Gov’t commits SSP1 billion to combat cholera outbreak
14 January 2025
The Ministry of Finance and Planning has allocated SSP1 billion to combat cholera outbreak in South Sudan.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr Harriet Pasquale Akello, told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday said the fund would support cholera infection prevention and control activities.
“The money is actually meant to support all the response pillars for cholera. We have almost 10 pillars, including coordination, support for epi surveillance and lab. It will support water, hygiene and sanitation activities, risk communication activities, case management, that is treatment centers,” Akello said.
She said the funds would support various responses and cholera-related initiatives both at national and local levels.
“It will also support infection prevention and control activities. However, we have a very clear budget line for each activity. We are not only supporting activities at the national level, but our main focus is to ensure that the money goes down to support all the state response activities,” she said.