Universal Health Coverage Partnership
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Sudan is a Northeastern African country with a population of 37 million and a life expectancy at birth of 60 years (males) and 64 years (females). The Sudanese Government is organized as a decentralized federal state; after years of conflict and the secession of South Sudan in 2011, the country continues to suffer from significant health inequities between regions as well as between urban and rural areas. A National Health Sector Strategy 2012-2016 places universal health coverage and primary health care high on the Ministry of Health’s agenda within the framework of a decentralized local health system. The UHC Partnership has supported the formulation of the National Health Policy 2017 – 2030, emphasizing the Health in All Policies approach. You can access important country documents by clicking here.
| Key indicators: Sudan | |
|---|---|
| WHO region | Eastern Mediterranean |
| Child health | |
| Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) (2019) | 93 |
| Demographic and socioeconomic statistics | |
| Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) (2009) | 19.8 |
| Gender inequality index rank (2014) | 135 |
| Human development index rank (2014) | 167 |
| Health financing | |
| Total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product (2014) | 8.43 (Sudan note) |
| Private expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health (2014) | 78.62 (Sudan note) |
| General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure (2014) | 11.65 (Sudan note) |
| Health systems | |
| Physicians density (per 1000 population) (2008) | 0.314 |
| Nursing and midwifery personnel density (per 1000 population) (2014) | 1.157 |
| Mortality and global health estimates | |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) (2018) | 28.6 (Both sexes) |
| Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births) (2018) | 60.5 (Both sexes) |
| 55.3 (Female) | |
| 65.5 (Male) | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (2017) | 295 [ 207 - 408 ] |
| Sustainable development goals | |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) (2016) | 63.4 (Male) |
| 66.9 (Female) | |
| 65.1 (Both sexes) | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) (2014) | 78 |
| World Health Statistics | |
| Population (in thousands) total (2016) | 39 579 |
| Population proportion under 15 (%) (2016) | 41.2 |
| Population proportion over 60 (%) (2016) | 6.2 |
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