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Health, Water, and Sanitation

Program Goals

• Expand primary health care services in 20 counties of Bahr el Ghazal (including Abyei), Upper Nile, Equatoria, Nuba Mountains, and Southern Blue Nile from 30 percent to 60 percent.
• Strengthen County Health Departments, support the Secretariat of Health in establishing a southern-wide epidemiologic surveillance system, and train county medical officers (including in the 20 counties targeted by USAID).
• Fund World Health Organization Polio eradication campaigns, including national immunization days and surveillance.
• Integrate HIV/AIDS into broader health programs; expand access to prevention services in 20 targeted counties through expanded behavior change communication and voluntary counseling and testing; strengthen the New Sudan National AIDS Council, the Secretariat of Health, County AIDS Councils, and County Health Departments to develop, lead, and coordinate appropriate responses to HIV/AIDS.
• Support for HIV/AIDS prevention Activities in Yei/Rumbek including sero-prevalence surveys, support pilot Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) centers in eight locations, peer education, and care and support through community-based groups.
• Expand prevention care and support activities using multi-sectoral approaches.

Highlights of Achievements

• Assessments and selection of 20 focus counties.
• Mobilization of SPLM office and logistics in Nairobi and Rumbek.
• Expansion of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services in Yei and Rumbek.
• Training of Religious Leaders in Yei (September 6 - 10, 2004).
• Increased program coordination between humanitarian and development partners.

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