In South Sudan, a doctor checks on a new mother who is practicing kangaroo care. Photo by Yann Libessart/MSF
Dans la province du Nord Bahr El Ghazal au Soudan du Sud, MSF dispense des soins de santÈ materno-infantile dans l?hÙpital de rÈfÈrence d?Aweil depuis 2008. Entre mai 2012 et mars 2013, 4,708 enfants ont ainsi ÈtÈ admis dans le service pÈdiatrique de l?hÙpital et 2,590 autres souffrant de malnutrition sÈvËre dans le programme nutritionnel. MSF a Ègalement assistÈ 3,125 accouchements ‡ l?hÙpital, dont 133 cÈsariennes (4%), pour un total de 5,522 femmes admises dans le service de gynÈcologie/obstÈtrique.
In the North Bahr El Ghazal province of South Sudan, MSF provides maternal and child health care in the Aweil referral hospital since 2008. Between May 2012 and March 2013, 4,708 children have been treated in the pediatric ward of the hospital and 2,590 severely malnourished in the nutrition program. MSF also assisted 3,125 hospital deliveries, including 133 cesarean sections (4%), for a total of 5,522 women admitted to the Ob/Gyn department.