CnILDkLN IN 5CU1n 5UDAN

IAC1 5nLL1

lor manv vears a chlld arowlna up ln SouLh Sudan had llLLle
hope of a fuLure free of vlolence malnuLrlLlon or llllLeracv
due Lo Lhe lmpacL of decades of clvll war ln !anuarv 2003
Lhe deslre for peace was renewed when Lhe CovernmenL
of Sudan and Lhe Sudan eople's LlberaLlon
MovemenL/Armv (SLM/SLA) slaned a Comprehenslve
eace AareemenL (CA) ln llne wlLh Lhe aareemenL Lhe
populaLlon of SouLh Sudan ln !anuarv 2011 held a
referendum and Lhe ma[orlLv of Lhe populaLlon voLed ln
favour of lndependence from Lhe norLh

1he much anLlclpaLed blrLh of Lhe new 8epubllc of SouLh Sudan on 9 !ulv 2011 ushers ln a new era of opporLunlLv and
opLlmlsm Powever Lhls new counLrv ln lLs lnfancv lles wlLhln a complex pollLlcal humanlLarlan and developmenL
landscape characLerlzed bv Lense relaLlons wlLh Lhe norLh and Lhe poLenLlal for a furLher escalaLlon of vlolence ln Lhe
border realon 1hls coupled wlLh conLlnulna lnsecurlLv due Lo Lrlbal clashes caLLle raldlna aLLacks bv Lhe Lord's
8eslsLance Armv (L8A) and flahLlna ln Lhe dlspuLed border areas are kev facLors LhaL shape Lhe evervdav llves of
women and chlldren ln SouLh Sudan

1he humanlLarlan reallLv ls mulLlfaceLed 1hrouahouL Lhe flrsL half of 2011 larae numbers of SouLh Sudanese (over
300000) reLurned home AL Lhe same Llme more Lhan 100000 people were dlsplaced due Lo border clashes wlLh Lhe
norLh as was Lhe case ln Abvel Manv of Lhe reLurnees and dlsplaced people arrlve ln areas wlLh verv llmlLed baslc
soclal servlces puLLlna furLher sLraln on Lhe resources MalnuLrlLlon raLes are perslsLenLlv above Lhe emeraencv
Lhreshold and reach as hlah as 21 per cenL ln chlldren under3 ln cerLaln areas MaLernal morLallLv raLes are amona Lhe
hlahesL ln Lhe world aL 2034 per 100000 llve blrLhs

PumanlLarlan rellef and developmenL acLlvlLles conLlnue Lo be hampered bv lnaccesslblllLv due Lo securlLv resLrlcLlons
land mlnes poor lnfrasLrucLure larae lnaccesslble areas durlna ralns and reaular food and fuel shorLaaes ln parLs of Lhe
counLrv 1he rlsk of escalaLlna confllcL especlallv ln Lhe border areas and Lhe poLenLlal for a furLher lncrease ln
commodlLv and fuel prlces are some of Lhe kev facLors LhaL mav hlnder proaress ln Lhe near fuLure

opu|at|on Data
Country opu|at|on 8260490 eople (4287300 male and 3973190 female)
opu|at|on of Ch||dren 05 years 1333 629 (188per cenL of LoLal populaLlon)
opu|at|on of Ch||dren 018 years 4417278 (3347per cenL of LoLal populaLlon)

Iacts and I|gures accord|ng to the M|||enn|um Deve|opment Goa|s (MDGs)

Ind|cator Va|ue accord|ng to 5outhern 5udan nouseho|d
5urvey (55n5) 2010
Coal 1 LradlcaLe LxLreme Punaer and overLv overLv PeadcounL 8aLlo ls 306 and underwelahL
prevalence ls 303
Coal 2 Achleve unlversal rlmarv LducaLlon 694 of chlldren reached lasL arade of prlmarv
school (8
Lh
Crade) and neL prlmarv school aLLendance
raLlo ls 188
Coal 3 romoLe Cender LquallLv and Lmpower
Women
Cender arlLv lndex (Cl) ln prlmarv school dropped
Lo 039 (raLlo of alrls enrolled compared Lo bovs) and
Cl for Secondarv School ls 041
Coal 4 8educe Chlld MorLallLv 106 (per 1000 llve blrLhs ln 2010)
Coal 3 lmprove MaLernal PealLh MM8 esLlmaLlon noL lncluded ln Lhe 2010 Survev
Powever Skllled aLLendance aL blrLh was compuLed
aL 147

Coal 6 CombaL Plv/AluS Malarla and oLher dlseases ln 2006/7 Lhe Plv/AluS prevalence ln SouLh Sudan
was esLlmaLed aL 30 uaLa collecLed ln 2010 sLlll
under analvsls
Coal 7 Lnsure LnvlronmenLal SusLalnablllLv 34 of Lhe populaLlon has access Lo safe drlnklna
waLer and 134 has access Lo lmproved sanlLaLlon

CnILD 5UkVIVAL
SouLh Sudan has one of Lhe lowesL levels of lmmunlsaLlon anvwhere ln Lhe world onlv 2 per cenL of chlldren
are fullv vacclnaLed and onlv 21 per cenL of chlldren recelve a measles ln[ecLlon before Lhelr flrsL blrLhdav

1he number of chlldren recelvlna Lhe Lhlrd dose of u1 3 also decreased from 18per cenL Lo 138per cenL A
hlaher number of unlmmunlzed chlldren has lncreased Lhe rlsk for Lhe ouLbreak of vacclne prevenLable
dlseases parLlcularlv measles and wlld pollo

SouLh Sudan also has one of Lhe worsL raLes of maLernal morLallLv ln Lhe world (2034 ouL of 100000 llve
blrLhs) Cn averaae 22 women of reproducLlve aae dle unnecessarllv each dav due Lo compllcaLlons relaLed Lo
preanancv and chlldblrLh

Punaer ls anoLher challenae More Lhan 90 per cenL of SouLh Sudanese llve on less Lhan a dollar a dav and 18
per cenL of Lhe populaLlon suffers from chronlc hunaer ln 2010 some 12 mllllon vulnerable people ln Lhe
SouLh faced food lnsecurlLv and were ln need of food asslsLance MalnuLrlLlon ls also hlah wlLh 21 per cenL of
chlldren under 3 moderaLelv malnourlshed and 8 per cenL wlLh severe malnuLrlLlon

Clean waLer and aood sanlLaLlon are Lhe mosL baslc of all human necesslLles ln SouLh Sudan Lwo decades of
susLalned confllcL and nealecL have Lurned poLable waLer lnLo a Lreasured and scarce resource 8ecenL survevs
show LhaL barelv 34per cenL of Lhe people ln SouLh Sudan have access Lo safe waLer supplles (cooslJetloo J0
mlootes of cot off tlme fot o toooJ ttlp to tbe sootce)and even less 13per cenL access adequaLe sanlLarv
laLrlnes one of Lhe lowesL servlce coveraae sLaLlsLlcs ln Lhe world Cnlv 43per cenL of SouLh Sudan's 3349
baslc prlmarv schools have access Lo safe waLer and a mere 17per cenL have adequaLe sanlLarv laLrlnes for
boLh alrls and bovs

Infant morta||ty 84/1000
Underf|ve morta||ty 106/1000
Materna| morta||ty 2054/100000*
5tunt|ng (ch||dren under f|ve) 25
Meas|es |mmun|zat|on 206
Immun|sat|on (ch||dren 1223 months) 2
Ch||dren under f|ve s|eep|ng under an |nsect|c|de
treated net
25
Use of |mproved dr|nk|ng water 34**
Use of |mproved san|tat|on fac|||t|es 154
ootce ootbeto oJoo noosebolJ otvev (n% 2010 * n 2006 ** cooslJetloo J0 mlootes of cot off tlme
fot o toooJ ttlp to tbe sootce

A5IC LDUCA1ICN AND GLNDLk LCUALI1

SouLh Sudan's educaLlon lndlcaLors remaln amona Lhe worsL ln Lhe world lL ls esLlmaLed LhaL more Lhan one
mllllon prlmarv school aaed chlldren do noL have access Lo baslc educaLlon whlle Lhe few schools LhaL do exlsL
are noL conduclve Lo learnlna Low raLes of prlmarv school compleLlon and hlah aender dlsparlLles pose
enormous challenaes Lo Lhe developmenL of SouLh Sudan lL ls esLlmaLed LhaL 76 per cenL of adulLs do noL
know how Lo read or wrlLe and onlv 37 per cenL of alrls aaed 613 vears aLLend school

Powever Lhe counLrv alreadv achleved a slanlflcanL lncrease ln enrolmenL from an esLlmaLed 343000 before
Lhe slanlna of Comprehenslve eace AareemenL Lo over 16 mllllon chlldren ln 2010 SLrenaLhenlna Lhe
educaLlon svsLem wlll be kev Lo bulldlna a beLLer fuLure for SouLh Sudan ln order Lo make besL use of Lhls huae
peace dlvldend furLher lmprovlna access Lo educaLlon Lherefore needs Lo ao hand ln hand wlLh bulldlna
Leachers' capaclLv Lo provlde quallLv educaLlon

Gross pr|mary enro|ment rate 69 (oys 814 G|r|s 545)
Net pr|mary enro|ment rate 44 (oys 508 G|r|s 371)
Gender par|ty |ndex (pr|mary) 059
Gross prepr|mary schoo| enro|ment rate 6 (oys 55 G|r|s 57)
Net prepr|mary schoo| enro|ment rate 2 (oys 23 G|r|s 23)
r|mary comp|et|on rate 10 (oys 137 G|r|s 62)
Ch||dren aged 611 out of schoo| 1022100 (64)
ootce Covt of ootb oJoo Mlolsttv of Jocotloo Jocotloo Mooooemeot lofotmotloo vstem (Ml% 2011
ooJ ootbeto oJoo noosebolJ otvev 2010

CnILD kC1LC1ICN
Chlldren ln SouLh Sudan conLlnue Lo face mulLlple proLecLlon rlsks sLemmlna from Lhe lmpacL of Lhe armed
confllcL whlch ended ln 2003 1he lona clvll war has desLroved Lhe soclal fabrlc of communlLles and has eroded
Lhe proLecLlve envlronmenL for chlldren and vouna people creaLlna condlLlons LhaL expose Lhem Lo hlah levels
of vlolence lncludlna aender based vlolence explolLaLlon abuse and deprlvaLlon 1housands of chlldren ln
SouLh Sudan are wlLhouL parenLs and some of Lhese have been LaraeLed for recrulLmenL bv armed forces and
aroups and abouL 800 of Lhese chlldren are veL Lo be released 1here are also lncreaslna reporLs of chlldren
worklna and llvlna on Lhe sLreeLs ln ma[or clLles and Lowns ln SouLh Sudan who are aL rlsk of aeLLlna lnLo
confllcL wlLh Lhe law 1he heavv presence of land mlnes means LhaL a slanlflcanL number of chlldren are
LhreaLened bv mlnes on a dallv basls ulsplacemenL lncreased poverLv reducLlon of opporLunlLles for
soclallzaLlon plav and educaLlon coupled wlLh uncerLalnLv all undermlne Lhe proLecLlve envlronmenL for
chlldren and vouna people unlCLl plaved a kev role ln Lhe developmenL of a comprehenslve Chlld AcL whlch
Lalks abouL Lhe rlahLs of chlldren and Lhe mechanlsms avallable for reallslna Lhem for SouLh Sudan slaned lnLo
a law ln 2008 unlCLl ls now supporLlna lLs lmplemenLaLlon Lhrouah dlfferenL lnLervenLlons such as
esLabllshlna chlldfrlendlv [usLlce svsLems

Crphaned
ch||dren

r ercentage of ch||dren who have |ost at |east one parent 17
C Ch ercentage of ch||dren who have |ost both parents 36



|rth
reg|strat|on
Cvera|| b|rths of 353 of ch||dren underf|ve years are reg|stered and 30 have a
b|rth cert|f|cate
Lar|y marr|age
(before age 18)
oung Women aged 1519 current|y marr|ed or |n un|on 39
G|r|s marr|ed before 15 years 73
G|r|s marr|ed between 16 and 18 years 452
Iema|e gen|ta|
mut||at|on/cutt|
ng
1he preva|ence of IGM/C for women aged 1549 years |s 13
80 d|sapprove IGM/C
ootce ootbeto oJoo noosebolJ otvev (n% 2010

nIV AND AID5
1he Plv and AluS epldemlc conLlnues Lo be a ma[or challenae boLh Lo publlc healLh and Lhe socloeconomlc
developmenL of SouLh Sudan 1he exLenL of Lhe prevalence of Plv and AluS ln SouLh Sudan ls noL known
however Lhe 2009 AnLenaLal care (AnC) survelllance esLlmaLes LhaL Lhe currenL Plv prevalence ln SouLh Sudan
ls 30per cenL and wlde dlsparlLles beLween aeoaraphlcal locaLlons exlsL wlLh some areas reachlna levels as
hlah as 72per cenL llke ln WesLern LquaLorlal SLaLe (WLS) Areas alona Lhe borders wlLh nelahbourlna
counLrles as well as alona ma[or LransporL corrldors are belleved Lo have a slanlflcanLlv hlaher prevalence raLe

WlLh an lmproved securlLv slLuaLlon ln SouLh Sudan moblllLv has been resLored and Plv/AluS prevalence raLes
are llkelv Lo lncrease due Lo helahLened cross border Lravel Lo counLrles wlLh hlaher Plv prevalence 1hls ls
compounded bv exlsLlna hlah levels of poverLv low school enrolmenL a healLh svsLem wlLh weak ouLreach
capaclLv low knowledae on Plv modes of prevenLlon and Lhe low sLaLus of women and alrls ln socleLv

SouLh Sudan has noL had wldespread dlssemlnaLlon of lnformaLlon on Plv and Alus Lherefore comprehenslve
knowledae abouL Plv Lransmlsslon and prevenLlon as well as moLherLochlld Lransmlsslon ls verv low

Nat|ona| nIV preva|ence (est|mate) 30*
reva|ence |n pregnant women rece|v|ng antenata|
care
30 ( var|ous from one state to the other w|th from
0 72 )
Comprehens|ve know|edge of nIV and AID5 among
young peop|e (1524)
113
know|edge on transm|ss|on prevent|on and on
motherto ch||d transm|ss|on of nIV
151
ootce ootbeto oJoo noosebolJ otvev (n% 2010 *n 2006 ** uolvetsol Access 2010 tepott