Health in South Sudan 1,040 indicators covering health for South Sudan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 — 3rd Number of children newly infected with hiv 1,100 2024 down 65.6% 19th Share of children under fifteen years old with hiv 1,130 2024 down 65.1% 19th Number of female leprosy new cases 287 2024 down 10.9% 16th Estimated number of malaria deaths 6,749 2024 down 3.4% 22nd Estimated number of malaria cases 3.03 million 2024 down 0.3% 24th National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 0 2022 — 157th Estimated malaria incidence 254.08 2024 down 6.3% 18th Estimated malaria mortality rate 56.51 2024 down 9.1% 13th Number of new G2D leprosy cases 278 2024 up 79.4% 6th Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 23.28 2024 up 73.2% 2nd Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 79.0% 2023 — 21st Estimated number of children needing antiretroviral therapy based on 11,000 2025 down 45.0% 18th Physical activity policies for activie societies 20 2023 down 35.5% 2nd Physical activity policies focused on active systems 20 2023 down 35.5% 5th Number of deaths from malaria who 6,749 2024 down 3.4% 22nd Death rate from malaria 56.51 2024 down 9.1% 13th Incidence of malaria 254.08 2024 down 6.3% 18th Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among children 41 2025 up 925.0% 56th Death rate from poisonings 1.6 2021 up 33.3% 18th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 22.4 2021 up 30.2% 49th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 1.6 2021 up 33.3% 17th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 7.9 2021 up 61.2% 77th 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 34 2021 up 47.8% 190th Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2023 — 19th Malaria cases reported 3.55 million 2024 up 4,869.8% 17th Number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals 4,497 2025 up 11.4% 23rd Hiv expenditure 0 2020 down 100.0% 101st Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 1 2024 down 75.0% 25th Neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus (PAB) 65.0% 2022 up 1.6% 99th Number healthy diet unaffordable 11.70 million 2024 up 28.6% 38th Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 0 2024 — 47th Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 110,000 2024 down 21.4% 19th Population with basic handwashing facilities at home 18.4% 2024 unchanged 88th Generalist medical practitioners 1,780 2024 up 426.6% 63rd Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV needing 5,400 2025 down 32.5% 26th 3.3.1 (HIV Incidence) - New HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected 0.9812 2022 up 68.3% 11th The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 0 2021 — 146th Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV 83 2025 up 66.0% 41st Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 19.7 2024 down 48.3% 26th The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 0 2021 — 142nd Number of presumed malaria cases 2.39 million 2024 down 36.5% 1st Number of indigenous malaria cases 3.55 million 2024 up 14,455.4% 18th Number of confirmed malaria cases 3.55 million 2024 up 14,455.4% 18th Total number of malaria cases 5.94 million 2024 up 56.7% 12th Yellow fever vaccine (YFV) immunization coverage among 1-year olds 0.0% 2025 — 38th Number of indigenous P. falciparum malaria cases 3.55 million 2024 up 14,455.4% 17th Number of suspected malaria cases 7.45 million 2024 up 95.3% 19th Number of malaria positive cases by microscopy 268,588 2024 up 2,282.8% 22nd Number of malaria suspects examined by microscopy 455,863 2024 up 1,906.3% 37th Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 5,500 2015 up 57.1% 75th Natural disasters deaths 0 2022 — 7th Tuberculosis funding versus budget requirement 0 2025 — 96th Number of new reported cases of human African trypanosomiasis 19 2025 down 57.8% 5th Antenatal care attendees who were positive for syphilis (%), reported 4.6% 2024 down 16.7% 6th Domestic Expenditure on Malaria 0 2024 down 100.0% 75th Number of cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 978 2024 down 86.9% 5th Number of malaria positive cases by rapid diagnostic test 2.46 million 2024 up 18,670.8% 18th Vitamin A Supplementation, Semester 2 Coverage 84 2023 — 24th Vitamin A Supplementation, Semester 1 Coverage 79 2023 down 3.7% 26th ← Previous Page 17 of 18 Next →