Aweil Civil Hospital
Geography
LocationAweil
Organisation
TypeGovernment hospital
History
Opened1964

Aweil Civil Hospital is a government hospital in Aweil, South Sudan that opened in 1964.

Description

Aweil Civil Hospital is a government hospital in Aweil[1] located near the A43 road[2] in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan.[3]

Hospital services include a neonatal ward[4] and nutrition.[5] Maternity and pediatrics departments are by Médecins Sans Frontières.[4][6]

History

Aweil Civil Hospital was built in 1964.[1]

In 2010, president Salva Kiir promised to assess conditions at the hospital.[7] The hospital saw an influx of patients with Heptatitis B in 2012.[8] The hospital's first South-Sudanese surgeon started in 2018[1]

Financial support from the United Kingdom's administrated Health Pooled Fund ended April 2022, while Canadian, American, Swedish and European Funding continued.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "What UK aid cut means for one South Sudan hospital". BBC News. 2022-07-21. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Aweil Civil Hospital | EA Health". East African Health Portal. Archived from the original on 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  3. ↑ Ebby Elahi (editor) Insights in Global Health: A Compendium of Healthcare Facilities and Nonprofit Organizations. (2020). United States: CRC Press.
  4. 1 2 Thomson, Johanna; Schaefer, Myrto; Caminoa, Belen; Kahindi, David; Hurtado, Northan (27 October 2016). "Improved Neonatal Mortality at a District Hospital in Aweil, South Sudan". Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 63 (3): 189–195. doi:10.1093/tropej/fmw071. PMC 5452431. PMID 27789662.
  5. ↑ Issa, Janine. "Dispatch from Aweil, Southern Sudan". The Lamp. 66 (9): 36–37. Archived from the original on 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  6. ↑ "MSF addresses unprecedented malaria outbreak in Aweil". Sudan Tribune. 29 October 2012. ProQuest 1115589965.
  7. ↑ "S. Sudan's Kiir ignores Abyei issue at Aweil public rally". McClatchy - Tribune Business News. 22 September 2013. ProQuest 1434620174.
  8. ↑ Hou, Hou Akot (4 September 2012). "South Sudan Officials Warn Spread of Hepatitis B". Voice of America News. ProQuest 1037972713.
  9. ↑ "What UK aid cut means for one South Sudan hospital". BBC News. 2022-07-21. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

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