Authors: Amanjot Kaur
Country: France
Source: Tom McShane Photography
SUMMARY
The Dinka are one of the largest male-dominating ethnic groups in southern Sudan with the role of women mainly being limited to house hold. They mainly inhabit the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei, parts of southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions. Their belief systems, taboos or overall cultural settings of seeking divine healers interventions rather than standard medical treatments in health facilities has played a significant role in rising number of malnutrition cases and deaths amongst the children of the Dinka. On the other hand, several other reasons such as limited or no equipped medical facilities that can detect, treat acute or severely malnourished children or inadequate medical personnel, inaccessible health facilities due to distant locations, lack of follow ups of patients, limited awareness campaigns or sessions on malnutrition to guide on the subject has further complicated the situation.
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