One year after its independence, the fledgling nation of South Sudan is torn by feuding factions, burdened by a sclerotic, likely corrupt government and forever in the shadow of war with Sudan to the north. All the while, its institutions lag: in a country of 8 million, there are only 120 doctors. Dependent on oil revenues and the efforts of international donors and agencies, the country will struggle—if not find wholly impossible—to stand up on its own feet in years to come.
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Judith Aweko Taban, the midwife at the Malualbai Primary Health Care Center in Malualbai, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, poses for a photograph June 3, 2012.
A woman and her child wait for test results at Aweil State Hospital in Aweil, the only hospital in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 2, 2012.
Medical supplies are seen at the Malualbai Primary Health Care Center in Malualbai, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 3, 2012.
A girl is treated by a medic at the Aweil State Hospital in Aweil, the only hospital in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 2, 2012.
A detail of one of a few broken ambulances at the Aweil State Hospital, the only hospital in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal June 2, 2012.
Women rest with their children at the inpatient ward of the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 1, 2012.
Santino Makol Adual Yel registers women and children for immunizations outside the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 4, 2012.
From L-R: Toma Adeng, Maria Abuk, Mary Achol, and Martha Akuch, who work as voluntary birth attendants, pose for a photograph at the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 1, 2012.
A young girl with malaria rests in the inpatient ward of the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 1, 2012.
A U.N. helicopter lands at the airstrip in Pibor, South Sudan, June 26, 2012.
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One year after its independence, the fledgling nation of South Sudan is torn by feuding factions, burdened by a sclerotic, likely corrupt government and forever in the shadow of war with Sudan to the north. All the while, its institutions lag: in a country of 8 million, there are only 120 doctors. Dependent on oil revenues and the efforts of international donors and agencies, the country will struggle—if not find wholly impossible—to stand up on its own feet in years to come.
Judith Aweko Taban, the midwife at the Malualbai Primary Health Care Center in Malualbai, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, poses for a photograph June 3, 2012.
A woman and her child wait for test results at Aweil State Hospital in Aweil, the only hospital in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 2, 2012.
Medical supplies are seen at the Malualbai Primary Health Care Center in Malualbai, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 3, 2012.
A girl is treated by a medic at the Aweil State Hospital in Aweil, the only hospital in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 2, 2012.
A detail of one of a few broken ambulances at the Aweil State Hospital, the only hospital in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal June 2, 2012.
Women rest with their children at the inpatient ward of the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 1, 2012.
Santino Makol Adual Yel registers women and children for immunizations outside the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 4, 2012.
From L-R: Toma Adeng, Maria Abuk, Mary Achol, and Martha Akuch, who work as voluntary birth attendants, pose for a photograph at the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 1, 2012.
A young girl with malaria rests in the inpatient ward of the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in Malualkon, in the South Sudanese state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, June 1, 2012.
A U.N. helicopter lands at the airstrip in Pibor, South Sudan, June 26, 2012.
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