South Sudan refugee mothers get $4m grant

Women and children at a camp for internally displaced people in Wau, South Sudan. Swedish government has donated $4 million to support maternal health and the health of newborn and under-fives’ among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. PHOTO | FILE

The Swedish government has donated $4 million to support maternal health and the health of newborn and under-fives’ among South Sudanese refugees at the Bidibidi camp in West Nile Uganda.

Last week, the Swedish embassy signed an agreement with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) to help reduce maternal, new-born, and child morbidity and mortality, and to improve child growth and development by strengthening the health sector in West Nile, where health services are stretched by an influx of refugees.