African journal of health sciences
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Africa continues to face enormous challenges in her efforts to provide health care and to control diseases, particularly in the face of dwindling financial resources, inadequate facilities and supplies, and increased demand for health services. The situation is further compounded by new challenges created by the emergence of new infections, re-emergence of diseases hitherto thought to have been put under control, changes in epidemiological patterns and manifestations of existing diseases. All these factors have an overall effect of increasing disease incidences, morbidity and mortality, thus, hindering efforts to control disease in the continent. ⋯ Such initiatives will complement the efforts of health care agencies and the country health care institutions. In this issue, Magambo et al (pp149-156) have attempted to look at health problems of people living in southern Sudan, an area that has, for along time, experienced civil turmoil. Understanding of health problems of southern Sudan will not only provide a basis for instituting diseases control measures in this region, but will also provide a basis for instituting preventing measures within the affected country, and in the neighboring regions.