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Join us today, 18th July, 14:00-15:00 BST for a Panel Discussion on “Prevention and reporting of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) – Good Practices and Challenges”. The panellists: - Achini Wijesinghe, Safeguarding Manager, Chemonics UK - Anna Gawn, Head of Portfolio and Principal Consultant, Safeguarding, SDD - Rasha Mukbil, GESI Lead, Tasdeer The discussion will be chaired by Ilona Roy Bhattacharya, Safeguarding Advisor at Crown Agents.  Join us here: lnkd.in/e4-8wGQ5

In 2019, the health workforce density for South Sudan was 6.3 per 10,000 population compared to the minimum WHO recommended standard of 44.5 (WHO, 2020). To address these challenges, @HPFSouthSudan implemented a comprehensive strategy which included: 👩‍⚕️ Supporting selected health care workers to undertake training ℹ️ Supporting the development of a Human Resource Information System 💵 Supporting the Ministry of Health to set up an incentive payment scheme for health workers 👉 Introducing biometrics to eliminate ghost workers Read more here: bit.ly/45YRdVP

Since 2012, #Iraq has been ranked in the top ten most terrorism-afflicted countries in the world every year. But, in Iraq, years of support work had, by 2022, created a counter-terrorism operation that was drawing from all the country’s intelligence agencies, numbering seven plus. To see the drop in deaths that followed so swiftly speaks to the power of programmes such as our own #Tansiq, funded by @EUinIraq, in developing effective counter terrorism. Read more here: crownagents.com/blog-post/dism…

Today, Russia destroyed civilian infrastructure and a children's hospital. Having worked in Ukraine for 25 years and currently being on the ground to support the humanitarian response, Crown Agents will continue to restore and support medical institutions throughout the country- like Okhtmadyt, where we renovated the Orphan Disease Centre and the Hemostasis Centre this spring. Acknowledgement goes to our partners @pfizer, @UBS Optimus, @Citi Bank Foundation, @GSK and @JerseyOAC which, among others, continue to support this life-saving work. If you are a donor interested in our work, please reach out to: Keith Kibirango MCIOF (Dip) at Keith.Kibirango@crownagents.co.uk or Adam Johnson at Adam.Johnson@crownagents.co.uk; +44 7416 440 578. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Have a listen as Dr. Ike Ogbuanu, Site Director & Principal Investigator of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) in Sierra Leone, discusses on Afri Radio FM 105.3 key insights of CHAMPS surveillance activities and interventions.

Our Health Pooled Fund Programme in South Sudan, running since 2012, supports South Sudan’s health strategy by funding the delivery of Basic Packages of Health Services and Nutrition (BPHNS) for health facilities. Our efforts resulted in an increase in health facility delivery coverage in the states we worked in, as outlined in our most recent Legacy Brief: bit.ly/45PzOyN From 44% in 2011, health facility delivery coverage has risen to:

Over the last 12 years, we collaborated with the Ministry of Health in South Sudan in data generation through continued updating and rollout of data collection tools and training to help plan health service delivery and resource needs. For more information, click here: bit.ly/3RUmOC5

Our thoughts are with the people of the Caribbean today as #HurricaneBeryl moves across the windward islands this morning. Beryl is expected to pass just south of Barbados early Monday and then head into the Caribbean Sea as a major hurricane on a path toward Jamaica. Hurricane warnings are in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We are on standby for any support that is needed. edition.cnn.com/2024/07/01/wea…… @gisbarbados @ClimateEnvGD @ODPM_TT

In the last 12 years, we procured, stored and distributed 22 consignments of life-saving drugs worth £2 million each to over 1,000 health facilities across South Sudan. This meant that 2,470,028 children under one year could be vaccinated with the 3rd pentavalent/DPT3 vaccine from 2013 to 2023, and that the vaccination drop-out rate reduced from 20% to 12% between 2011 and 2023. For more information, click here: bit.ly/4eFLQyr

One of the main aims of our @HPFSouthSudan Programme is to support community-based health services in fragile and conflict-affected settings by delivering basic health and nutrition services and promoting community engagement in health as a public good. bit.ly/4ccT0bU

In South Sudan, only one girl in ten completes primary education, and only a third attend secondary school. Those who enrol find themselves dropping out due to pregnancy and a lack of knowledge on sexual reproduction rights, as well as shame resulting from unhygienic menstrual practices. 21-year-old Seida William was selected as one of the 15 individuals to become a peer educator as part of a school health programme, managed by the @Amref_Worldwide CCM Foundation, with support from @HPFSouthSudan Phase 3. Read more here: bit.ly/3VLYRiC

Our Global Capacity Development Programme for Sustainable Public Procurement, funded by @Sida, recently discussed with representatives of the Court of Accounts of Moldova their role in managing public procurement efficiently and effectively. bit.ly/3VKezL6

A Boma Health Worker tests a three-year-old child for Malaria in Jur River County. About 56% of the population in #SouthSudan live more than 5 kilometers away from a #health facility.

Hear from BHWs and the people successfully supporting rural communities get access to primary health care: youtube.com/watch?v=fEIucr…

The @HPFSouthSudan’s Boma Health Initiative (BHI) works to ensure marginalised communities can access basic medical services. Boma Health Workers (BHW) are trained in a standardised package of health services to support their communities.

In South Sudan, providing medicines and health services to much of the country is a challenging task. The road network is limited and during wet season 60% of the country is flooded.

In #Ukraine, tens of thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed. Through funding provided by our ‘Support to Civil Society Organisation programme’, the CSO ‘Civil Network OPORA’ launched a project to help people whose housing was damaged. bit.ly/3RvqKZN

The initiative has demonstrated enormous potential to improve health systems in South Sudan, including a reduction in mortality and morbidly of children under 5 and maternal mortality rates, improved immunisation coverage and increased prevention of diseases such as malaria.

In 2017, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in South Sudan launched the Boma Health Initiative (BHI), a national scale Community Health programme that aims to strengthen the health system in South Sudan. bit.ly/4b3Pqzn

Creating health systems that reach every community is critical to achieving universal health coverage and the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3 – good health and wellbeing.