Assessment of prices, availability and affordability of essential medicines in Juba County, South Sudan.

Background: Access to safe, effective, affordable, and high-quality medications has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations as a crucial step towards attaining universal health coverage. Access to medicines is a fundamental human right. If medicines are accessible and affordable, they save lives by reducing mortality and morbidity associated with acute and chronic diseases.

Maternal and child health service delivery in conflict-affected settings: a case study example from Upper Nile and Unity states, South Sudan.

Background: Decades of war left the Republic of South Sudan with a fragile health system that has remained deprived of resources since the country's independence. We describe the coverage of interventions for women's and children's health in Upper Nile and Unity states, and explore factors that affected service provision during a protracted conflict.

Methods: We conducted a case study using a desk review of publicly available literature since 2013 and a secondary analysis of intervention coverage and conflict-related events from 2010 to 2017.