South Sudan

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Since South Sudan’s inception in 2012, we’ve helped rebuild health services for all.

  • More than 640,000 South Sudanese learned their HIV status through comprehensive HIV care and treatment services at Jhpiego-supported facilities across the country. Over 6,000 people are actively receiving lifesaving antiretroviral therapy through Jhpiego’s programming, with Jhpiego-supported community health workers supporting lifelong adherence and ensuring patients lost to follow-up are identified and returned to care.
  • Jhpiego supported the study and scale-up of postpartum hemorrhage prevention via advance distribution of misoprostol (a medicine to prevent severe bleeding after birth) for self-administration at home births, as well as clean and safe delivery at facilities, resulting in more than 31,000 women receiving treatment to prevent severe bleeding after birth.
  • Jhpiego provided essential HIV services for communities displaced by conflict, through service delivery in the Protection of Civilians sites in Juba. In this community, over 10,200 individuals received an HIV test, including almost 2,100 women in antenatal care.

Our Technical Areas in South Sudan

Our Work in South Sudan

Adolescents and Children, HIV Incidence Reduction, Empowerment and Virus Elimination (ACHIEVE)

ACHIEVE is a five-year global project led by Pact and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control among pregnant and breastfeeding women, adolescents, infants and children. The project is implemented by a Pact-led consortium that includes Jhpiego, Palladium, No Means No Worldwide and WI-HER. ACHIEVE South Sudan is designed to bridge South Sudan’s pediatric HIV treatment cascade gap, ensuring sustained viral suppression and safeguarding the future of HIV-infected and other PEPFAR high-priority children including 2,005 adolescents girls and young women.

The people we serve

Mentor Mothers Provide a Path to HIV Wellness in South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan – Put yourself in Mary’s shoes. Imagine being 17, living in South Sudan, and learning that you are HIV-positive. Your family rejects you so you run away, desperate to keep your “secret” from others. You want to die and figure that stopping your antiretrovirals (ARVs) will hasten the end. However, before despair

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Improving Access to HIV Treatment and Care in War-Torn South Sudan

When Abraham Charles Zinone and his wife Merry brought their son to the Jhpiego-supported Strengthening the Provision of Primary Health Care (SPPHC) Project in South Sudan, a skilled health care provider did a thorough assessment of Abraham Junior’s health, including testing for HIV.

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Alex Abuk: Jhpiego’s HIV Advisor in Juba

Alex Abuk, Jhpiego’s HIV Advisor in Juba, maintains service delivery throughout turbulent times. While civil unrest roiled the country, Alex made sure that clients in five health facilities supported by Jhpiego had antiretrovirals.

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Country Contact

Peter Mawora, Country Program Manager

Goshen House, opposite the Ministries Complex, Airport Rd

Juba, South Sudan

Current and Recent Donors

USAID