For mothers and children across the world, skilled care during childbirth is vital. But in South Sudan, the youngest country in the world, care is not always readily available.
A compelling photo essay highlights work done under USAID’s predecessor flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program to improve maternal health in South Sudan — and includes audio of a woman telling her own story of becoming a midwife in a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.
