Conflict, poverty, poor health conditions a deadly mix for mothers in South Sudan

United Nations Population Fund

Tragedy struck the hospital in the eastern town of Torit after poor conditions and fear of attacks led health workers to strike. Days into the strike, Justine Mangwi, the only midwife on duty, was able to save a newborn baby – but not his mother.

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