WAU – Midwives are an essential part of any South Sudanese woman’s birthing ritual. However, quite often many midwives do not have the necessary skill or training to handle complicated cases of childbirth.
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UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh partnered with Wau Teaching Hospital to build skills of 25 midwives as a way to reduce maternal mortality rates. Photo by Michael Wondi/UNMISS
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Indian peacekeepers from UNMISS teamed up with UNHCR and the Humanitarian Development consortium to provide 15 young people in Malakal vocational training in carpentry. Photo by Samuel Adwok/UNMISS
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Suffering from the worst floods in almost a century, Bentiu, Unity state, is in the midst of a crisis. While all international and local actors are pooling in their reserves, much more needs to be done if suffering communities will have a fighting chance of rebuilding their lives. Photo by Francesca Mold/UNMISS.
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A three-day workshop facilitated by UNMISS trained 25 South Sudanese female police and prisons officers on leadership and gender equality. Photo by James Sokiri/UNMISS.
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Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with UNMISS in Wau held a free medical camp for patients residing at the Agok Leprosy Centre as part of the mission's activities in the lead up to Human Rights Day on December 10.
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UNMISS, through its Human Rights Division, delivered a two-day training to newly appointed human rights defenders in Jonglei, South Sudan. Photo by Mach Samuel/UNMISS
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The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, held a press conference in South Sudan's capital, Juba, today, and called for increased energy and collective political will for a durable, sustained peace to prevail in the world's youngest nation. Photo by Isaac Billy/UNMISS